1. When does Lorene get mad?
(a) When people say that she can't do things because she is a girl.
(b) When people say that she can't do things because she is black.
(c) When people say that it doesn't matter what color people are.
(d) When people say that she will be white by the time she is done at St. Paul's.

2. What does Lorene say, years later, has happened to the person she and her parents saw their first day at St. Paul's?
(a) He has moved back to his family in the Midwest.
(b) She has gotten married and been given a promotion.
(c) She has been widowed and become depressed.
(d) She has moved on to a better position.

3. Why do the white girls say that they don't say anything around Lorene?
(a) Because she is so naïve.
(b) Because she accuses them of being racist.
(c) Because she is so innocent.
(d) Because she gets mad.

4. What does Lorene's mother say was unfair about the science fair in which Lorene was entered?
(a) Teachers asked Lorene to participate in order to humiliate her.
(b) Teachers made exceptions for white students but not for Lorene.
(c) Teachers judged Lorene's work by a different standard.
(d) Lorene's teachers made so many allowances for her that the competition wasn't fair.

5. What theme is introduced into the book in Chapter 1?
(a) The need to take home with you wherever you go.
(b) The need to run as far from home as possible.
(c) The need to keep close to home.
(d) The need to let go of home.