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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. Knowing she is without support, Helga's desperation turns to
(a) Determination to make it on her own.
(b) Plotting and scheming for greater status.
(c) Anger toward all white people.
(d) Revolutionary thoughts.

2. In a letter, Anne asks Helga to
(a) Attend her wedding to Dr. Anderson.
(b) Forget her past in Harlem.
(c) Not be mad at her.
(d) Forget about Dr. Anderson.

3. Helga's most recent infant
(a) Is cared for by Pastor Green.
(b) Was nursed by Clementine.
(c) Looks just like Helga.
(d) Passed away after one week.

4. Why might Helga have felt alienated in the "Negro" school as a child?
(a) She was not very smart.
(b) Her attitude was superior.
(c) She was not good looking.
(d) She was fair-skinned.

5. Helga makes the decision while she is still bedridden to
(a) Flee to Naxos.
(b) Re-commit to the church.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Leave Pastor Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helga tells Olsen that some day

2. Axel Olsen tells Helga that she has

3. Soon after Helga is well enough to be out of bed

4. Helga remembers her mother being

5. Helga's step-siblings were

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