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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 decides to ask her maternal uncle for help because
(a) Her father's wealth has disappeared.
(b) Her mother would have wanted it.
(c) Her father's relatives hate her.
(d) She knows he will take her in.

2. The Fishers arrive at the boat in order to
(a) Satisfy their curiosity.
(b) Translate for Helga's new uncle.
(c) Greet Helga in Dutch.
(d) Help with Helga's bags.

3. When Helga sees Audrey Denny with Dr. Anderson, she feels
(a) Jealous.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

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

5. Besides her uncle, what connection does Helga have in Chicago?
(a) She remembers going there as a child.
(b) She was born there.
(c) She worked in the factories there.
(d) Her grandmother is there.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her lovely room at Naxos, Helga is

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

3. The staging of Helga by her aunt and uncle make Helga feel like

4. Helga wants to leave Naxos because

5. Helga now feels alienated from

(see the answer key)

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