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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 the school suggest Lorene do?

2. What does the person Lorene and her parents see give Lorene?

3. Who is Jimmy Hill?

4. What has Mr. Evans given to Lorene?

5. What does Lorene say, years later, has happened to the person she and her parents saw their first day at St. Paul's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the first people Lorene describes meeting?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Lorene's parents' departure.

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

10. Why does Lorene say she is writing her story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the only times we see Lorene afraid is when she fears she is pregnant. What would being pregnant mean for her, or for her mother?

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

What does being black mean to Lorene, and how does she keep her blackness throughout the book? Is it ever in danger?

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