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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. Why was Booker embarrassed on his date with Lorene?
(a) He spilled drinks on himself.
(b) He couldn't think of things to talk about.
(c) He didn't have enough money.
(d) He drank too much and threw up.

2. What are Lorene's feelings about Ricky Lockhart?
(a) She wants to help him find a nice wife.
(b) She helps him pass his English class.
(c) She is thrilled to marry him.
(d) She does not want to be with him.

3. What arrangement did Lorene make for Ricky Lockhart's visit?
(a) She snuck him into her room.
(b) She found a room in the boy's dorm where he could stay with a friend of hers.
(c) She made him sleep outside.
(d) She found him an empty bed.

4. Who is Annette?
(a) Lorene's study partner.
(b) Lorene's friend.
(c) Lorene's pen pal.
(d) Lorene's roommate.

5. Who is Anthony Wade?
(a) A student who helps Lorene with calculus.
(b) A fellow member of the Disciplinary Committee.
(c) The head of the Social Committee.
(d) A boy Lorene on whom has a crush.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during Ricky Lockhart's visit?

2. What does Alma say years later was Lorene's relationship with her?

3. What is Lorene's strategy for passing her worst subject?

4. What change is marked by Lorene hitting her sister?

5. Who is Archibald Cox?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does sitting on the Disciplinary Committee change Lorene?

2. Who is Ricky Lockhart, and how does Lorene describe him?

3. What is Lorene's experience of drugs like?

4. What is Lorene's relationship with Alma?

5. Describe Lorene's experience tutoring black students.

6. Describe Lorene's friendship with Janie Saunders.

7. Describe Lorene's rendezvous with Ricky Lockhart at his school.

8. What areLorene's grades like on her first report card?

9. Describe Lorene's visit to Ricky Lockhart in New York.

10. Describe Lorene's meeting with Archibald Cox.

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