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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorene remember when Jimmy Hill talks about turning out St. Paul's?

2. For what does Mr. Dick say Lorene should be prepared at St. Paul's?

3. From where is Jimmy Hill?

4. When does Black Ice begin?

5. In which activity was Lorene NOT involved at school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Lorene's thoughts about St. Paul's after she has the visit?

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

3. When is the last chapter set?

4. Why is Lorene's mother furious when Lorene brings a Puerto Rican boy over?

5. What does Lorene feel about her first religion class?

6. Describe Lorene's experience of the Afro-Am.

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

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

9. Who is Lorene Carey and what brings her to this setting?

10. Describe Lorene's relation with white girls.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Lorene's scale of values: what is most important to her, and what is least important, and why? What does this tell us about her character?

Essay Topic 2

Lorene says that she does not feel included in white people's religion, but she still resists sex and drugs, with a certain morality of her own. What is Lorene's religion, and how does she protect her faith in it throughout her experiences?

Essay Topic 3

Is blackness the same for all black students, or are there different blacknesses? How does Lorene's blackness compare with other black students' blackness?

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