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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 does Lorene dream about in her first term at St. Paul's?
(a) White people yelling at her.
(b) Dancing teddy bears.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Not being able to read.

2. How is Lorene portrayed in the summary of the novel?
(a) As a hard worker.
(b) As an exception to the rules.
(c) As a child of privilege.
(d) As a trailblazer.

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

4. What question bothers Lorene on her religion exam?
(a) What Jesus' role in her life is.
(b) What Jesus wants from her.
(c) Whether Jesus was the son of God.
(d) Who Jesus is.

5. Where has Jimmy ended up, after graduation?
(a) Selma.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York.
(d) Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stereotypes does Lorene hear about black people?

2. What is St. Paul's looking for, in 1971?

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

4. When does Lorene get mad?

5. What are Lorene's grades at the first mid-terms?

Short Essay Questions

1. When is the last chapter set?

2. Describe Lorene's relation with white girls.

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

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

5. Who are the first people Lorene describes meeting?

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

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

8. Where is Black Ice set?

9. Describe Lorene's parents' departure.

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

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