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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 dream about in her first term at St. Paul's?

2. About what does Lorene say she wants to start a discussion?

3. Why do the white girls say that they don't say anything around Lorene?

4. Who has Lorene married since graduation?

5. What does Lorene say about black ice at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Lorene doing now?

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

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

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

6. Where did Lorene work during high school?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Lorene says that she does not feel included in white people's religion, but she still resists sex and drugs, with a certain morality of her own. What is Lorene's religion, and how does she protect her faith in it throughout her experiences?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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