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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. In which activity was Lorene NOT involved at school?
(a) School play.
(b) Majorette.
(c) Choir.
(d) Basketball.

2. What do Lorene and her parents see at the meet and greet?
(a) Images of the library and academic buildings at St. Paul's.
(b) Alumni and faculty from St. Paul's.
(c) Images of St. Paul's teachers and students.
(d) Slides of the campus of St. Paul's.

3. What does Lorene do at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Go to dinner with the other students.
(b) Visit with the Rector.
(c) Cry in her room.
(d) Meet her roommates.

4. Where has Alma ended up, after graduation?
(a) St. Paul's.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Watts.
(d) New York.

5. What does Lorene's mother say was unfair about the science fair in which Lorene was entered?
(a) Teachers judged Lorene's work by a different standard.
(b) Lorene's teachers made so many allowances for her that the competition wasn't fair.
(c) Teachers asked Lorene to participate in order to humiliate her.
(d) Teachers made exceptions for white students but not for Lorene.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorene say about what her daughter's experience of school is likely to be?

2. What position has Lorene occupied at St. Paul's?

3. Who has Lorene married since graduation?

4. For what does Mr. Dick say Lorene should be prepared at St. Paul's?

5. What does Lorene's mother tacitly offer to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lorene doing now?

2. Describe the meet and greet Lorene and her parents attend.

3. Who is Mr. Evans, and what is his relationship with Lorene?

4. What is Lorene's objection regarding her religion exam?

5. Who are the wombats and what is their role in the novel?

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

7. When is the last chapter set?

8. What warning did Lorene get in a dream?

9. Why is Lorene's mother furious when Lorene brings a Puerto Rican boy over?

10. What has Lorene's relationship with St. Paul's been?

(see the answer keys)

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