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

2. Where does Lorene go for spring break at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Home.
(b) To Europe.
(c) Skiing.
(d) To New York.

3. What does Lorene pretend to do?
(a) Drink.
(b) Sleep with boys.
(c) Fail her classes.
(d) Smoke pot.

4. What is Lorene's strategy for passing her worst subject?
(a) She meets with the teacher.
(b) She skips class.
(c) She starts a study group.
(d) She gets a tutor.

5. What is the significance of black ice for Lorene?
(a) She falls on it and injures herself.
(b) She slides on it treacherously.
(c) She contrasts it to white ice.
(d) She goes there to relax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorene decide while she is on the black ice?

2. What view from the white students frustrates Lorene?

3. How does Lorene characterize her relationship with her mother?

4. Who is Ms. Clinton?

5. What is Lorene starting to do at the beginning of Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lorene's experience on the black ice?

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

3. Describe Ricky Lockhart's visit to St. Paul's.

4. What happens with the cook who everyone fears?

5. Describe Lorene's date with Booker.

6. What does black ice symbolize?

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

8. Describe Lorene's friendship with India.

9. What happens to Lorene's mother's health at the end of Chapter 10?

10. Describe Lorene's meeting with Archibald Cox.

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