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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quicksand, Chapter Fifteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Helga takes the time to
(a) Order the maid to change Anne's bed.
(b) Write a note to Anne about her departure.
(c) Scrub the floors and windows.
(d) Prepare the house for Anne's arrival home.

2. In her aunt' home, Helga's innate desire for things
(a) Is extinguished.
(b) Is more in perspective.
(c) Is oppressed.
(d) Is fulfilled.

3. Helga tells Olsen that some day
(a) The differences in their races would come between them.
(b) His racism will catch up with him.
(c) In the future, they will marry.
(d) He will learn to love all black people.

4. Helga could never marry
(a) A Dane.
(b) An artist.
(c) A white man.
(d) A black man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Danish word for "black" that Helga hears in town is

2. The furnishings in Anne Grey's home

3. Why is Helga distressed at the end of this chapter?

4. What dominates Helga's mind when rich men court her in New York?

5. Helga is sure that James Vayle's family

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