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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quicksand, Chapter Fifteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Helga distressed at the end of this chapter?
(a) She is angry to be black.
(b) She misses her aunt and uncle.
(c) She wants to continue to live with Anne.
(d) She is jealous, confused and afraid.

2. It occurs to Helga that perhaps her new uncle
(a) Will be attractive.
(b) Will be like Uncle Peter.
(c) Will be black.
(d) Will not accept her.

3. Dr. Anderson would hope that Helga would, instead, prefer to
(a) Stay on in Naxos and date him.
(b) Stay on and try to fix the problems at the school.
(c) Marry James Vayle and have children.
(d) Take another position on the faculty.

4. Helga's attitude toward Negro "uplift" has turned to
(a) Energized enthusiasm.
(b) Mild interest.
(c) Cynicism and disgust.
(d) Irritable disrespect.

5. The Danish word for "black" that Helga hears in town is
(a) Sienna.
(b) Ebone.
(c) Negre.
(d) Sorte.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did Uncle Peter's check have on Helga?

2. Axel Olsen tells Helga that she has

3. How did Helga's mother lift herself out of her bad situation?

4. Knowing she is without support, Helga's desperation turns to

5. In a letter, Anne asks Helga to

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