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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. The dress Helga chooses to wear to Anne's homecoming party represents
(a) Her impending flight.
(b) Her preference for the black race.
(c) Her need to be recognized as different.
(d) Her status as a socialite.

2. Helga wants to leave Naxos because
(a) She does not fit in.
(b) She dislikes her students.
(c) The staff is dependent upon her.
(d) She hates James Vayle.

3. What effect did Uncle Peter's check have on Helga?
(a) She feels guilty or causing Peter such trouble.
(b) She remembers that she likes being white.
(c) She begins to miss her mother.
(d) She realizes she has felt yoked to her race.

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

5. One of the duties of her new job is to
(a) Read to Mrs. Hayes-Rore.
(b) Clean a large, beautiful home.
(c) Teach small children.
(d) Travel with Mrs. Hayes-Rore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Hayes-Rore is

2. When she finds Anne gone upon her return from the tea, Helga

3. Helga feels the school's intention is to

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

5. How does Helga feel about the encounter with Uncle Peter's wife?

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