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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jimmy Hill?
(a) Another black student.
(b) An admissions advisor.
(c) A teacher.
(d) The Rector.

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

3. What does Lorene say people thought about the first black teacher at St. Paul's?
(a) People loved him.
(b) People were afraid of him.
(c) People hounded him out of his job.
(d) People hated him.

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

5. What does Lorene say the black kids at St. Paul's think?
(a) That they have been invited into a curriculum that transcends black and white.
(b) That they will always be servants and slaves.
(c) That it is the white kids' school.
(d) That they really own the school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Lorene married since graduation?

2. What does Lorene say about her parents with regard to her going to school?

3. What does Lorene feel about her religion class?

4. When did Lorene start to write about her experiences at St. Paul's?

5. Where has Jimmy ended up, after graduation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lorene say she is writing her story?

2. What warning did Lorene get in a dream?

3. Who is Mr. Evans, and what is his relationship with Lorene?

4. What is Lorene's objection regarding her religion exam?

5. Describe Lorene's relation with white girls.

6. What does Lorene's mother tell her before she goes off to St. Paul's?

7. What are Lorene's feelings about leaving her friends for St. Paul's?

8. What does Lorene say when someone asks her whether her daughter will go to St. Paul's?

9. What does Lorene say she will miss about her high school?

10. Describe Lorene's interview at St. Paul's.

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