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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 arrangement did Lorene make for Ricky Lockhart's visit?

2. Why was Booker embarrassed on his date with Lorene?

3. On what committee does Lorene sit, in Chapter 10?

4. Of what is Lorene terrified by the end of Chapter 6?

5. What does Lorene's teacher tell her about her worst subject?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lorene's relationship with Anthony Wade.

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

3. What does black ice symbolize?

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

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

6. What happens with the cook who everyone fears?

7. Describe Ricky Lockhart's visit to St. Paul's.

8. Describe Lorene's meeting with Archibald Cox.

9. Describe Lorene's date with Booker.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the image of black ice mean to this book? Is there another more powerful image that could convey the essence of the book?

Essay Topic 2

What does being black mean to Lorene, and how does she keep her blackness throughout the book? Is it ever in danger?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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