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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Lorene say it is hardest to write?
(a) Teaching.
(b) School.
(c) Race.
(d) Family.

2. Who is Pam Hudson?
(a) A teacher.
(b) Lorene's roommate.
(c) One of the first girls to be admitted to St. Paul's.
(d) Another black student.

3. What does Lorene say about where her daughter will go to school?
(a) She'll have to decide for herself.
(b) She won't go to St. Paul's.
(c) She'll go to St. Paul's.
(d) She'll go to Phillips Exeter.

4. How does Lorene describe the black kids she meets at St. Paul's?
(a) Africanized.
(b) White-looking.
(c) Subdued.
(d) Militant.

5. What are Lorene's feelings about her classmates?
(a) She feels like a mascot.
(b) She feels like the pride of her school.
(c) She feels left out.
(d) She feels persecuted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorene decide while she is on the black ice?

2. When is Chapter 1 set?

3. Where has Alma ended up, after graduation?

4. What change is marked by Lorene hitting her sister?

5. What does Ricky Lockhart ask Lorene over the summer?

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