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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 does Lorene say the other students do before Spring Break?

2. Why was Ricky Lockhart's visit a problem?

3. What distinction does Lorene earn in winter term?

4. What does Lorene say about her education at St. Paul's?

5. About what can Lorene talk to India?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lorene impatient with school?

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

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

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

5. Describe Lorene's campaign for student council.

6. Describe Lorene's friendship with India.

7. Describe Lorene's relationship with Anthony Wade.

8. What does black ice symbolize?

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

10. What happens with the cook who everyone fears?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Black Ice can be read as an allegory for American culture, with its tension between black and white cultures. What does Black Ice say about how blacks and whites relate? What main problems does it identify, and how does it propose to solve those problems?

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