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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is just ending for Lorene at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Her daughter's time in school.
(b) Her time in school.
(c) Her term as a trustee.
(d) Her teaching career.

2. What does Lorene say people thought about the first black teacher at St. Paul's?
(a) People loved him.
(b) People were afraid of him.
(c) People hounded him out of his job.
(d) People hated him.

3. What stereotypes does Lorene hear about black people?
(a) That they are brilliant in the arts but slow academically.
(b) That they cannot be taught.
(c) That they are lazy and slovenly.
(d) That they do not take care of their people.

4. How long does the drive take to St. Paul's?
(a) 14 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 10 hours.

5. What does Lorene say about what her daughter's experience of school is likely to be?
(a) It would be different from hers.
(b) It would be the same experience all black students had in white schools.
(c) It would be a new experience in human history.
(d) It would be very similar to hers.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where is Jimmy Hill?

2. What does Lorene say is the white teachers' feeling about black students?

3. Where does Lorene work?

4. How does Lorene describe the black kids she meets at St. Paul's?

5. Where is Lorene from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What warning did Lorene get in a dream?

2. What does Mrs. Evans tell Lorene about St. Paul's?

3. What does Lorene's mother tell her before she goes off to St. Paul's?

4. What are Lorene's classmates doing, now?

5. Describe Lorene's parents' departure.

6. Describe Lorene's interview at St. Paul's.

7. What does Lorene's mother ask at the meet and greet?

8. When is the last chapter set?

9. Why does Lorene say she is writing her story?

10. By what was Lorene's mother shocked at the meet and greet?

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