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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. Who is Anthony Wade?

2. What does Lorene say she likes about her sport?

3. Who is Grace?

4. In what year of high school is Lorene in in Chapter 10?

5. How many High Honors does Lorene have in her first report card?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does sitting on the Disciplinary Committee change Lorene?

2. Describe Lorene's campaign for student council.

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

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

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

6. Describe Lorene's date with Booker.

7. Describe Lorene's friendship with India.

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

9. Describe Lorene's relationship with Anthony Wade.

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

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

How is racism described in Black Ice and how is it contained? How do Lorene or other characters put racism in place among other attitudes? How do they keep racism from being destructive?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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