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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What effect did Uncle Peter's check have on Helga?
(a) She begins to miss her mother.
(b) She remembers that she likes being white.
(c) She realizes she has felt yoked to her race.
(d) She feels guilty or causing Peter such trouble.

3. Audrey Denny is the subject of gossip because
(a) She is a heavy drinker.
(b) She socializes with whites and blacks.
(c) She dances with anyone who asks.
(d) She dresses loudly.

4. The dress Helga chooses to wear to Anne's homecoming party represents
(a) Her need to be recognized as different.
(b) Her preference for the black race.
(c) Her status as a socialite.
(d) Her impending flight.

5. Helga shows up at the mission
(a) Wishing to find friends.
(b) Looking for a way to die.
(c) Ready to receive God.
(d) Wet and disoriented.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anne does not know that Helga

2. Helga is disturbed by her euphoric feelings from the music, telling herself

3. Why does Irene bring up Junior being exposed to sexually tinged jokes?

4. Irene's response to Clare's letter is that she

5. Her decision to marry Pleasant Green is Helga's way of

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