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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 sport does Lorene join in the spring?

2. About what can Lorene talk to India?

3. What does Lorene's teacher tell her about her worst subject?

4. Where was Lorene molested during her summer job?

5. What does Lorene want from her education?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lorene looking forward to by the end of her first year?

2. Describe Lorene's campaign for student council.

3. Describe Lorene's rendezvous with Ricky Lockhart at his school.

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

5. Who are Annette and Grace?

6. Describe Ricky Lockhart's visit to St. Paul's.

7. Describe Lorene's meeting with Archibald Cox.

8. Who is Ricky Lockhart, and how does Lorene describe him?

9. What is Lorene's relationship with Alma?

10. What is Lorene's experience of drugs like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

W. E. B. Dubios describes the kingdom of culture as the place where people meet as souls and intellects, and he describes this place as free from race. Does Lorene develop a relationship with the kingdom of culture, and does she ever rise above race? If so, how? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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