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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quicksand, Chapters Twenty-Four and Twenty-Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Olsen refers to Helga's refusal of him as
(a) Comic relief.
(b) A tragedy.
(c) A waste of time.
(d) Totally expected.

2. How did Helga's mother lift herself out of her bad situation?
(a) She stopped having children.
(b) She proclaimed her Danish heritage.
(c) She married a white man.
(d) She moved to Denmark.

3. James Vayle feels it is important
(a) For negroes at the top of the race to have children.
(b) For everyone to have at least one child.
(c) For Helga to be married and settled down.
(d) That poorer negroes continue to have children.

4. The portrait Olsen has painted of Helga is
(a) Exotic and wild.
(b) A mocking likeness.
(c) Demure and soft.
(d) Exact and lifelike.

5. What dominates Helga's mind when rich men court her in New York?
(a) Robert Anderson.
(b) Her simple life in Chicago.
(c) Her wish to stay with Anne.
(d) Her career goals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Olsen thinks Helga's surprise at his proposal is

2. Helga's false pride masks her

3. With his strange overtures toward her, Axel Olsen shows

4. Helga tells Olsen that some day

5. Why does her uncle's wife reject Helga?

(see the answer key)

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