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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's parents move at the end of Chapter 9?

2. Who is Grace?

3. How does Lorene describe Ms. Clinton?

4. Where do the other black people work?

5. What does Lorene say everyone says about her education at St. Paul's?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Lorene's friendship with India.

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

6. What is Lorene's relationship with Alma?

7. Why is Lorene impatient with school?

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

9. Who are Annette and Grace?

10. What is Lorene's experience on the black ice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Lorene's scale of values: what is most important to her, and what is least important, and why? What does this tell us about her character?

Essay Topic 2

Lorene says that she does not feel included in white people's religion, but she still resists sex and drugs, with a certain morality of her own. What is Lorene's religion, and how does she protect her faith in it throughout her experiences?

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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