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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. Helga considers Negro society to be
(a) Simple and straightforward.
(b) As complex as white.
(c) Beneath her social status.
(d) Much easier to live with than white.

2. Mrs. Hayes-Rore is
(a) An entertainer.
(b) An administrator for Chicago schools.
(c) An activist for the Negro cause.
(d) A struggling actress.

3. Helga's false pride masks her
(a) Lack of taste.
(b) Cruel nature.
(c) Insecurity and pain.
(d) Coldness.

4. 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 feels she told half-truths.
(d) She wanted to stay.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter's wife told Helga her presence was not

2. Helga gets a job in New York at

3. Anne Grey symbolizes

4. At the bottom of Helga's angst may be the fact that

5. Helga resents the authority structure's tendency to be

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