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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. Who is Lorene?

2. Where does Lorene work?

3. When does Lorene get mad?

4. Who is Annette Frazier?

5. What has Mr. Evans given to Lorene?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the meet and greet Lorene and her parents attend.

4. Who is Mr. Evans, and what is his relationship with Lorene?

5. Where is Black Ice set?

6. Where did Lorene work during high school?

7. What warning did Lorene get in a dream?

8. Who is Lorene Carey and what brings her to this setting?

9. Describe Lorene's interview at St. Paul's.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How does Lorene change over the course of the book? What are the two or three biggest influences on Lorene's maturation? Which one was most influential? What influences did she resist?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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