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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Encounter: Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Irene has the cab driver to take her?
(a) A quiet place.
(b) A cool place.
(c) A distant place.
(d) A cheap place.

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

3. Who are Nella Larsen's parents?
(a) A German man and an African mother.
(b) An English man and a West Indies mother.
(c) A West Indian man and a Dutch mother.
(d) A Dutch man and a West Indian mother.

4. What does the woman know about Irene?
(a) Her occupation.
(b) Her race.
(c) Her name.
(d) Her religion.

5. What is the name of the woman who comes to Claire's table?
(a) Colleen Kendry.
(b) Clare Kendry.
(c) Carol Kendrick.
(d) Clare Kendeall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relative of Clare's was white?

2. Where does Nella Larsen become a shining star?

3. Whom does Irene try to ignore?

4. Clare Kendry disappears from the Chicago neighborhood after what event?

5. What relationship did the woman have to Irene?

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