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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 does Helga feel about the encounter with Uncle Peter's wife?
(a) She is ashamed.
(b) She wants her to disappear.
(c) She is determined.
(d) She is happy.

2. What would Helga like to accomplish with Dr. Crane?
(a) Arrange never to see him again.
(b) Make him jealous.
(c) Get him matched up with Anne.
(d) Set him straight regarding their talk in Naxos.

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

4. Helga wishes that the school would not
(a) Try to be something it is not.
(b) Advertise itself as a school for blacks.
(c) Suppress the true nature of its students.
(d) Seek government funding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did Uncle Peter's check have on Helga?

2. Mrs. Hayes-Rore warns Helga not to mention

3. Helga Crane loves

4. The conversations at the tea Helga attends

5. Why does her uncle's wife reject Helga?

(see the answer key)

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