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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. Who is Annette?

2. What change is marked by Lorene hitting her sister?

3. Who is Booker?

4. How does Lorene describe Ms. Clinton?

5. Where does Lorene work for the summer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Lorene's friendship with Janie Saunders.

3. What is Lorene's relationship with Alma?

4. Why is Lorene impatient with school?

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

6. How does sitting on the Disciplinary Committee change Lorene?

7. What is Lorene's experience of drugs like?

8. What does black ice symbolize?

9. Describe Lorene's experience tutoring black students.

10. Describe Lorene's friendship with India.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the opening chapter, Lorene Carey says that she wants to start a discussion about growing up black. In what way is this book a conversation, and what would you say in response to Lorene Carey's book?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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