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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 Lorene's little sister's feeling about Lorene staying at St. Paul's for school?
(a) She is a mixture of all kinds of emotions.
(b) She is hysterical.
(c) She is glad to be free of her older sister.
(d) She is beaming with pride.

2. How many kids does Lorene have?
(a) One son.
(b) One daughter.
(c) Two daughters.
(d) One son and two daughters.

3. What does Lorene's mother ask at the meet and greet?
(a) Who will protect her daughter from the white students' insults.
(b) Whether competition will be fair.
(c) Who will advocate for her daughter.
(d) Who will teach her daughter to withstand white culture.

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

5. How does Lorene describe her parents?
(a) Devout black Quakers in their 30s.
(b) Humble mixed-race couple in their 40s.
(c) Ambitious black couple in their 30s.
(d) Protective adoptive white couple in their 40s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorene do at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. When does Black Ice begin?

3. What does Lorene feel she has done, by getting into St. Paul's?

4. Where do Lorene and her parents pass through on their way to St. Paul's?

5. What part of the interview surprised Lorene?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Lorene's thoughts about St. Paul's after she has the visit?

2. What are Lorene's feelings about leaving her friends for St. Paul's?

3. Who is Lorene Carey and what brings her to this setting?

4. Who are the first people Lorene describes meeting?

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

6. Describe Lorene and her parents' arrival at St. Paul's.

7. Describe Lorene's relation with white girls.

8. Where is Black Ice set?

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

10. What is Lorene doing now?

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