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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. Where do Lorene and her parents pass through on their way to St. Paul's?

2. For what does Mr. Dick say Lorene should be prepared at St. Paul's?

3. What does Lorene say life at St. Paul's resembles for black students?

4. Who is Pam Hudson?

5. What stereotypes does Lorene hear about black people?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Lorene's relation with white girls.

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

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

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

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

8. What are Lorene's classmates doing, now?

9. What warning did Lorene get in a dream?

10. Describe Lorene's parents' departure.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is blackness the same for all black students, or are there different blacknesses? How does Lorene's blackness compare with other black students' blackness?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate your own reading of Black Ice--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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