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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) As complex as white.
(b) Beneath her social status.
(c) Much easier to live with than white.
(d) Simple and straightforward.

2. Mrs. Hayes-Rore warns Helga not to mention
(a) The relationship between the two.
(b) Her teaching background.
(c) That her mother has died.
(d) That her mother was white.

3. Helga finally finds work as
(a) A housekeeper.
(b) A librarian.
(c) A personal assistant.
(d) A teacher.

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

5. Helga feels she does not fit in with this community because
(a) Her hair is blonde.
(b) Her skin is fair.
(c) She is a black activist.
(d) She is an aggressive woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helga Crane loves

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

3. Dr. Anderson would hope that Helga would, instead, prefer to

4. Dr. Anderson has assumed that Helga's good qualities are due to

5. Helga decides to ask her maternal uncle for help because

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