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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quicksand - Chapters Six and Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Helga Crane loves
(a) Beauty and beautiful things.
(b) Classical music.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Being black and educated.

2. Helga is angry at herself because
(a) Her students think she is too young.
(b) She is too beautiful to be a teacher.
(c) Her colleagues like their jobs.
(d) Her teaching has been ineffective.

3. Helga found her job with the help of
(a) A teacher in downtown Chicago.
(b) A small personnel agency.
(c) The local YWCA.
(d) Mrs. Haye-Rore.

4. Helga finally finds work as
(a) A librarian.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A housekeeper.
(d) A personal assistant.

5. The sermon heard earlier affects Helga because
(a) She feels it was rude and inappropriate.
(b) It pressed ideas onto the students about God.
(c) It was about the persecution of blacks.
(d) It was not spontaneous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Hayes-Rore warns Helga not to mention

2. One of the duties of her new job is to

3. In her lovely room at Naxos, Helga is

4. Peter's wife told Helga her presence was not

5. Helga feels she does not fit in with this community because

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