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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Passing, Part Three, Chapters Two and Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Olsen refers to Helga's refusal of him as
(a) A waste of time.
(b) A tragedy.
(c) Totally expected.
(d) Comic relief.

2. What Helga respects in Audrey is
(a) Her intrigue with Dr. Anderson.
(b) Her ability to look beyond racial barriers.
(c) Her beautiful apricot colored dress.
(d) Her incredible talent for dancing.

3. Helga tells her story to Mrs. Hayes-Rore who
(a) Seems to withdraw from her.
(b) Reacts with anger toward her.
(c) Admonishes her for sharing.
(d) Feels only sympathy for her.

4. Soon after Helga is well enough to be out of bed
(a) She prays for redemption.
(b) She packs up to leave.
(c) She rejects Green's advances.
(d) She begins to give birth to her fifth child.

5. The conversations at the tea Helga attends
(a) Excite her.
(b) Make her want to serve her race.
(c) Make her irritable.
(d) Bore and exasperate her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helga makes the decision while she is still bedridden to

2. Does Irene want Clare in her life again?

3. Irene has a bad moment during the social event wherein she

4. Helga considers Negro society to be

5. In the sophisticated crowd, James Vayle seems

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