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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quicksand - Chapters Twelve, Thirteen and Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Helga is tired of black people
(a) Sticking together.
(b) Wanting to be white.
(c) Being walked on by whites.
(d) Denigrating white people.

2. Peter's wife told Helga her presence was not
(a) Convenient.
(b) Appropriate.
(c) Acceptable.
(d) Surprising.

3. Besides her uncle, what connection does Helga have in Chicago?
(a) She remembers going there as a child.
(b) Her grandmother is there.
(c) She worked in the factories there.
(d) She was born there.

4. What emotion does Dr. Anderson's presence stir up in Helga?
(a) Her anger.
(b) Her grief.
(c) Her superiority.
(d) Her depression.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Helga wants to leave Naxos because

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

3. The Fishers arrive at the boat in order to

4. Helga's aunt resembles

5. Helga feels that at Naxos she is

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