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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie does Lorene tell Mr. Dick?

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

3. When does Black Ice begin?

4. What is Lorene impressed by at the location of the meet and greet?

5. Who is Lee Bouton?

Short Essay Questions

1. When is the last chapter set?

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

3. Who are the wombats and what is their role in the novel?

4. What does Lorene feel about her first religion class?

5. Describe Lorene's relation with white girls.

6. What does Lorene say when someone asks her whether her daughter will go to St. Paul's?

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

8. What does Lorene's mother tell her before she goes off to St. Paul's?

9. Where is Black Ice set?

10. Describe Lorene's experience of the Afro-Am.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lorene's experience at St. Paul's change her relationship with her family and her community in Philadelphia? Does she leave them behind, does the relationship remain the same, or does she forge a new relationship with them?

Essay Topic 2

What does the image of black ice mean to this book? Is there another more powerful image that could convey the essence of the book?

Essay Topic 3

How is racism described in Black Ice and how is it contained? How do Lorene or other characters put racism in place among other attitudes? How do they keep racism from being destructive?

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