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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lie does Lorene tell Mr. Dick?
(a) That her high school has many high-performing students.
(b) That she hates school.
(c) That she likes school most of the time.
(d) That she had never heard of St. Paul's until a month ago.

2. Why is Lorene mortified in her religion class?
(a) Because she had not gotten the assignment and had not done the reading.
(b) Because she is late to class after having gotten lost.
(c) Because she does not know the answer to the reverend's question about Unitarianism.
(d) Because the reverend relates her comment that this class will be a waste of time.

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

4. Where does Lorene work?
(a) A fast food restaurant.
(b) A fish market.
(c) A gas station.
(d) A grocery store.

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

6. In which activity was Lorene NOT involved at school?
(a) School play.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Choir.
(d) Majorette.

7. What does Lorene do after getting into St. Paul's?
(a) Go out with white boys.
(b) Take on volunteer projects.
(c) Throws herself into school life.
(d) Begins to affect a New England accent.

8. What does the person Lorene and her parents see give Lorene?
(a) A warning about coming here as a black student.
(b) A graduation gift of $5.
(c) Encouragement and a description of the administration.
(d) A map of the school.

9. What has changed about Lorene's mother at Parents Day?
(a) Her hair style.
(b) Her speech.
(c) Her brand of cigarette.
(d) Her clothing.

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

11. What position has Lorene occupied at St. Paul's?
(a) Professor.
(b) Admissions officer.
(c) Trustee.
(d) Loan officer.

12. What do Lorene and her parents see at the meet and greet?
(a) Alumni and faculty from St. Paul's.
(b) Images of the library and academic buildings at St. Paul's.
(c) Slides of the campus of St. Paul's.
(d) Images of St. Paul's teachers and students.

13. How long has it been, at the beginning of the book, since Lorene graduated from high school?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 9 years.

14. Where does Lorene go to school?
(a) Yale.
(b) St. Paul's.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Philips Exeter.

15. What are Lorene's grades at the first mid-terms?
(a) Poor.
(b) Mediocre.
(c) Exceptionally good.
(d) Very good.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nana Hamilton?

2. What does Lorene dream about in her first term at St. Paul's?

3. Where does Chapter 1 take place?

4. What has Mr. Evans given to Lorene?

5. What did Lorene's mother say she had not done until after she was married?

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