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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Brian and Irene discuss as they eat breakfast?
(a) Clare's letter.
(b) His family.
(c) Her job.
(d) His job.

2. What does Brian advise Irene to do relative to Clare?
(a) Scold her.
(b) Not encourage her.
(c) Ignore her.
(d) Encourage her.

3. Who talked Brian out of moving to Brazil?
(a) Irene.
(b) Clare.
(c) John.
(d) Junior.

4. Clare Kendry disappears from the Chicago neighborhood after what event?
(a) Her father is arrested.
(b) Her house burns down.
(c) Her father's death.
(d) Her mother's death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Clare's husband?

2. When does Irene decide to respond to Clare's letter?

3. Where does Nella Larsen become a shining star?

4. What does Irene plan to tell Clare when she responds to her letter?

5. What does Brian think is appropriate for Junior to learn?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Irene and Gertrude feel after they leave the meeting with Clare and John?

2. What does Clare dislike about being able to pass for white?

3. What biased talk offends Irene when she meets with Clare and Gertrude?

4. What do Irene and Brian discuss on the way to the printer's business?

5. How does Irene react to John Bellew's cruel words?

6. What is Irene's intention in bring up Junior's problems?

7. What does Clare tell Irene in the note she sent to Irene?

8. Why did Irene's father keep it from Irene that Clare was passing for white?

9. Whom else did Clare invite along when she meets Irene? What do Clare and the other guest have in common?

10. What relative of Clare Kendry's was white?

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