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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. How does Lorene describe Ms. Clinton?

2. What is Lorene's problem with Archibald Cox's conversation over dinner?

3. Who is Booker?

4. What has changed for Lorene by Chapter 10?

5. Where was Lorene molested during her summer job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lorene impatient with school?

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

3. Describe Lorene's meeting with Archibald Cox.

4. What is Lorene's relationship with Alma?

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

6. What does black ice symbolize?

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

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

9. Describe Lorene's campaign for student council.

10. Describe Lorene's visit to Ricky Lockhart in New York.

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

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

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?

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