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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 does Lorene do after getting into St. Paul's?

2. What does Lorene's mother ask at the meet and greet?

3. What does Lorene say the black kids at St. Paul's think?

4. Who told Lorene about St. Paul's?

5. About what does Lorene say it is hardest to write?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Lorene and her parents' arrival at St. Paul's.

3. What does Lorene's mother ask at the meet and greet?

4. How does Lorene say St. Paul's affected her life?

5. What does Jimmy Hill mean when he says he wants to turn out St. Paul's?

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

7. Who are the first people Lorene describes meeting?

8. In what way does Lorene say that St. Paul's was similar to American culture?

9. What is Lorene doing now?

10. What does Lorene say she will miss about her high school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What makes Lorene different from other students? How much of her identity is related to being black?

Essay Topic 3

How realistic is this book? What parts are not believable? What leaps of faith does the author require of you as a reader?

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