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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. What happens during Ricky Lockhart's visit?
(a) He sleeps with Lorene.
(b) He insults Lorene.
(c) He sleeps with Lorene's roommate.
(d) He confesses his love to Lorene.

2. Where does Lorene apply to college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Penn.

3. What are Lorene's feelings about Ricky Lockhart?
(a) She is thrilled to marry him.
(b) She does not want to be with him.
(c) She helps him pass his English class.
(d) She wants to help him find a nice wife.

4. Who is Vernon Jordan?
(a) Head of the Nation of Islam in America.
(b) Head of the Black Panthers.
(c) Lorene's math tutor.
(d) President of the National Urban League.

5. Where was Lorene molested during her summer job?
(a) In the freezer.
(b) In the store room.
(c) In the office.
(d) In the art cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many High Honors does Lorene have in her first report card?

2. Where do the other black people work?

3. What does Lorene say everyone says about her education at St. Paul's?

4. Where does Ricky Lockhart invite Lorene?

5. How does Lorene describe Ricky Lockhart?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does black ice symbolize?

2. Describe Lorene's campaign for student council.

3. How has Lorene changed between her first year and her final year?

4. What is Lorene's experience on the black ice?

5. Describe Lorene's friendship with India.

6. Why is Lorene impatient with school?

7. Describe Lorene's rendezvous with Ricky Lockhart at his school.

8. Describe Lorene's friendship with Janie Saunders.

9. What happens to Lorene's mother's health at the end of Chapter 10?

10. Describe Lorene's visit to Ricky Lockhart in New York.

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