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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 was Lorene's worst subject?

2. How does Lorene describe Ms. Clinton?

3. What does Lorene pretend to do?

4. What does Ricky Lockhart ask Lorene over the summer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lorene's date with Booker.

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

3. Why is Lorene impatient with school?

4. What is Lorene looking forward to by the end of her first year?

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

6. Describe Lorene's experience tutoring black students.

7. What areLorene's grades like on her first report card?

8. Describe Lorene's meeting with Archibald Cox.

9. Who is Ricky Lockhart, and how does Lorene describe him?

10. Describe Lorene's workplace for the summer after her first year.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Black Ice can be read as an allegory for American culture, with its tension between black and white cultures. What does Black Ice say about how blacks and whites relate? What main problems does it identify, and how does it propose to solve those problems?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate your own reading of Black Ice--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 3

How realistic is this book? What parts are not believable? What leaps of faith does the author require of you as a reader?

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