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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the drive take to St. Paul's?
(a) 14 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

2. What is Grace's ethnicity?
(a) Black.
(b) Chinese-American.
(c) Puerto Rican.
(d) White

3. What is Lorene's little sister's feeling about Lorene staying at St. Paul's for school?
(a) She is hysterical.
(b) She is a mixture of all kinds of emotions.
(c) She is glad to be free of her older sister.
(d) She is beaming with pride.

4. What does Lorene's teacher tell her about her worst subject?
(a) It's alright if she fails it.
(b) She cannot graduate without passing.
(c) Her record will be blighted if she fails.
(d) She will reinforce every stereotype about women and blacks if she fails.

5. What does Lorene say about what her daughter's experience of school is likely to be?
(a) It would be a new experience in human history.
(b) It would be very similar to hers.
(c) It would be the same experience all black students had in white schools.
(d) It would be different from hers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Lorene and her parents pass through on their way to St. Paul's?

2. What does Lorene say her feelings about calling St. Paul's were?

3. Why do the white girls say that they don't say anything around Lorene?

4. What stereotypes does Lorene hear about black people?

5. What does Lorene feel about the sport she chooses for spring?

(see the answer key)

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