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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 view about how blacks should address inequality in American culture?
(a) She believes they should fight.
(b) She believes they should invest in education.
(c) She believes they should negotiate non-violently.
(d) She believes they should focus on economic stability and prosperity.

2. What is Lorene's response to marijuana when she smokes it?
(a) She likes feeling out of control.
(b) She likes feeling numb.
(c) She hates the fuzzy feeling of it.
(d) She hates it.

3. What does Lorene feel about the sport she chooses for spring?
(a) She comes to loathe it.
(b) She is passionate about it.
(c) She masters it quickly.
(d) She does not hate it.

4. What effect does Lorene's committee work have on her relation with St. Paul's?
(a) Her teachers accept her.
(b) White students fear her.
(c) Her peers are more wary of her.
(d) Other black students distrust her.

5. Who is Booker?
(a) Another counselor.
(b) A cook.
(c) The owner.
(d) A cashier.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lorene describe Anthony Wade's race?

2. Who is Vernon Jordan?

3. What is the staff's reaction when Lorene tells what happened, and gets the man fired who molested her?

4. Who is Ms. Clinton?

5. What does Lorene say the other students do before Spring Break?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Annette and Grace?

2. Describe Lorene's friendship with India.

3. Describe Lorene's date with Booker.

4. How has Lorene changed between her first year and her final year?

5. Why is Lorene impatient with school?

6. Describe Lorene's relationship with Anthony Wade.

7. Describe Lorene's workplace for the summer after her first year.

8. What does black ice symbolize?

9. What is Lorene looking forward to by the end of her first year?

10. Describe Lorene's meeting with Archibald Cox.

(see the answer keys)

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