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

2. As Helga watches the dancers, she sees
(a) The beauty of her race.
(b) Gradations of color in the Negro race.
(c) The absurdity of her situation.
(d) A blurr of color and light.

3. Helga has found peace and contentment in
(a) Harlem.
(b) Anne's house.
(c) Her spirituality.
(d) Her job.

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

5. The sermon heard earlier affects Helga because
(a) It was not spontaneous.
(b) It pressed ideas onto the students about God.
(c) It was about the persecution of blacks.
(d) She feels it was rude and inappropriate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helga has trouble finding work because she

2. Anne's feelings about racism cause her to

3. In her lovely room at Naxos, Helga is

4. Helga's step-siblings were

5. Mrs. Hayes-Rore is

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