Chapter Seven Summary

In Chapter Seven, Lorene plays the caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland in the school play. She pretends to smoke weed, but it is really tobacco. A male classmate approaches her and invites her to a discreet party in the woods. She gets high on marijuana and hates it. She is mad because she feels she betrays her family. She goes back to the dorm. The girls realize she is high. She goes to bed angry at herself.

All the students clean up their rooms before going home for spring break. Everyone says Lorene has a good solid start to St. Paul's, but she does not think so. She says she wants skills it takes years to learn and experiences she never has had. Lorene sees the skis of the white girls. She does not have money to go on skiing trips...