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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does the opening scene remind Lorene?
(a) Her parents' house in South Carolina.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her own time as a student.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. What is Lorene impressed by at the location of the meet and greet?
(a) Philadelphia's racial tension.
(b) Yeadon's dinginess.
(c) New York's filth.
(d) Germantown's cobblestone streets.

3. 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.

4. Who is Lee Bouton?
(a) One of Lorene's classmates.
(b) Lorene's advisor.
(c) Lorene's roommate.
(d) One of the first girls at St. Paul's.

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

6. When did Lorene start to write about her experiences at St. Paul's?
(a) When she saw that her experience had things in common with Native Americans.
(b) When she saw those experiences as similar to white experiences in America.
(c) When she saw her experiences as similar to other workers' experiences in America.
(d) When she saw those experiences as different from black life in America.

7. What does Lorene feel about the other students by November?
(a) Awed.
(b) Bored.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Inspired.

8. What does Lorene's mother tacitly offer to her?
(a) Suggestions on marrying rich white boys.
(b) Resources for an abortion if necessary.
(c) Advice about getting on the boys' good side.
(d) Money for a return ticket if she is miserable at St. Paul's.

9. About what does Lorene say she wants to start a discussion?
(a) The history of slavery in the North.
(b) America's ideas about workers' rights.
(c) Growing up black in America.
(d) Modern ideas about women's rights.

10. What did Lorene's mother say she had not done until after she was married?
(a) Learned about sex.
(b) Left her state.
(c) Lived away from her parents.
(d) Opened a checking account.

11. What does Lorene's housemaster tell her about grades?
(a) That she needs to improve.
(b) That she needs to work harder.
(c) That she is about to fail out.
(d) That she is doing fine.

12. Who are the wombats?
(a) The Hispanic students.
(b) Mentally retarded white kids.
(c) The black students.
(d) The school mascots.

13. 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.

14. Who is Mr. Price?
(a) The admissions officer for St. Paul's.
(b) The president of St. Paul's.
(c) A black teacher.
(d) A black professional.

15. 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 been widowed and become depressed.
(c) She has moved on to a better position.
(d) She has gotten married and been given a promotion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Jimmy Hill?

3. Where has Alma ended up, after graduation?

4. What does the school suggest Lorene do?

5. About what does Lorene say it is hardest to write?

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