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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. What disturbs Helga about her conversation with Dr. Anderson?
(a) She feels she confided too much to him.
(b) She is ashamed of herself for resigning.
(c) She wanted to stay.
(d) She feels she told half-truths.

2. Where does Helga encounter Robert Anderson again?
(a) At a health seminar at her employer's.
(b) At a local restaurant.
(c) At an insurance conference in Harlem.
(d) At a health meeting in a church.

3. It is possible that Helga Crane is
(a) Desperate to be married.
(b) Too irritable to have a relationship.
(c) Ready to settle down with anyone.
(d) In love with Dr. Anderson.

4. Helga chooses to remain
(a) In Alabama with her beloved husband.
(b) In her unhappy situation.
(c) A servant of God.
(d) Bedridden for as long as she can.

5. Helga's step-siblings were
(a) Mulatto children.
(b) White children.
(c) Danish children.
(d) Black children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might Helga have felt alienated in the "Negro" school as a child?

2. The furnishings in Anne Grey's home

3. The conversations at the tea Helga attends

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

5. In the sophisticated crowd, James Vayle seems

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