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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Encounter: Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John Bellew call Clare?
(a) Nig.
(b) Darky.
(c) Blacky.
(d) Honey.

2. Irene recalls a trip to what city?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Detroit.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Chicago.

3. What relative of Clare's was white?
(a) Mother.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Father.
(d) Grandfather.

4. What does Clare express in her note?
(a) She is glad she is married to a white man.
(b) She wants to return to her race.
(c) She wants to leave John.
(d) She regrets she is part black.

5. What was Irene's father hiding about Clare?
(a) She was part Mexian.
(b) She passed for white.
(c) She was part Chinese.
(d) She was black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Irene think of the couple who sits near her at the hotel?

2. How do Irene and Gertrude feel about John?

3. Why does John Bellew call Clare "nig"?

4. Who is in the most jeopardy?

5. What relationship does Gertrude have to Irene?

(see the answer key)

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