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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 is Lorene's response to marijuana when she smokes it?

2. Where does Lorene work for the summer?

3. On what committee does Lorene sit, in Chapter 10?

4. What does Lorene say she looks forward to as part of her committee work?

5. With what does Lorene return to St. Paul's in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lorene's campaign for student council.

2. Describe Lorene's workplace for the summer after her first year.

3. Describe Lorene's relationship with Anthony Wade.

4. Who are Annette and Grace?

5. Describe Lorene's experience tutoring black students.

6. How has Lorene changed between her first year and her final year?

7. What happens with the cook who everyone fears?

8. What happens to Lorene's mother's health at the end of Chapter 10?

9. What areLorene's grades like on her first report card?

10. Describe Lorene's friendship with India.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the opening chapter, Lorene Carey says that she wants to start a discussion about growing up black. In what way is this book a conversation, and what would you say in response to Lorene Carey's book?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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