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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Helga's hidden feeling about her lack of family is
(a) Shame.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Defiance.

3. What dominates Helga's mind when rich men court her in New York?
(a) Her wish to stay with Anne.
(b) Her career goals.
(c) Her simple life in Chicago.
(d) Robert Anderson.

4. The reason for Mrs. Hayes-Rore's reaction to Helga's story is that
(a) The story strikes a familiar note.
(b) People do not talk about intermingling race.
(c) She becomes quite bored with Helga's drama.
(d) She is appalled and disgusted.

5. Knowing she is without support, Helga's desperation turns to
(a) Determination to make it on her own.
(b) Plotting and scheming for greater status.
(c) Revolutionary thoughts.
(d) Anger toward all white people.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Helga is sure that James Vayle's family

4. Helga wants to leave Naxos because

5. Where does Helga encounter Robert Anderson again?

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