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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Clare's coloring described?
(a) Olive-skinned.
(b) Freckled.
(c) Peaches and cream.
(d) Golden and pale.

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

3. For whom does Irene have the most concern?
(a) Herself.
(b) John.
(c) Clare.
(d) Gertrude.

4. What does Irene plan to tell Clare when she responds to her letter?
(a) They should always be friend.
(b) They should cut off all contact.
(c) Her people don't want her back.
(d) She should leave her husband.

5. Whom else did Clare invite to tea?
(a) Mary.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom is Irene determined not to see again?

2. Where does Irene promise to meet Clare at the next Tuesday?

3. Where does Irene want Brian to take Junior?

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

5. Who comes into the room when Irene is still reading Clare's letter?

(see the answer key)

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