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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quicksand - Chapters Six and Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Helga feels that at Naxos she is
(a) Disliked.
(b) A real success.
(c) Respected.
(d) Well thought of.

3. Helga is angry at herself because
(a) She is too beautiful to be a teacher.
(b) Her students think she is too young.
(c) Her teaching has been ineffective.
(d) Her colleagues like their jobs.

4. Dr. Anderson would hope that Helga would, instead, prefer to
(a) Stay on in Naxos and date him.
(b) Stay on and try to fix the problems at the school.
(c) Take another position on the faculty.
(d) Marry James Vayle and have children.

5. Helga resents the authority structure's tendency to be
(a) Condescending.
(b) Aloof.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Judgmental.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helga found her job with the help of

2. Mrs. Hayes-Rore is

3. Helga's false pride masks her

4. Helga's hidden feeling about her lack of family is

5. Helga's step-siblings were

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