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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. Of what is Lorene terrified by the end of Chapter 6?
2. Who realizes that Lorene is high?
3. What is Lorene's view about getting the man fired who molested her?
4. What does Lorene say about her education at St. Paul's?
5. What arrangement did Lorene make for Ricky Lockhart's visit?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does sitting on the Disciplinary Committee change Lorene?
2. Describe Lorene's visit to Ricky Lockhart in New York.
3. Who is Ricky Lockhart, and how does Lorene describe him?
4. Describe Lorene's rendezvous with Ricky Lockhart at his school.
5. What is Lorene's experience on the black ice?
6. Describe Lorene's friendship with Janie Saunders.
7. What happens with the cook who everyone fears?
8. What happens to Lorene's mother's health at the end of Chapter 10?
9. Describe Lorene's experience tutoring black students.
10. Describe Lorene's meeting with Archibald Cox.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What makes Lorene different from other students? How much of her identity is related to being black?
Essay Topic 2
How does Lorene's experience at St. Paul's change her relationship with her family and her community in Philadelphia? Does she leave them behind, does the relationship remain the same, or does she forge a new relationship with them?
Essay Topic 3
W. E. B. Dubios describes the kingdom of culture as the place where people meet as souls and intellects, and he describes this place as free from race. Does Lorene develop a relationship with the kingdom of culture, and does she ever rise above race? If so, how? If not, why not?
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