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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quicksand, Chapters Eighteen and Nineteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the vaudeville house, Helga feels
(a) Ashamed of her self.
(b) Anger at Anne for her race.
(c) Hatred for the Negro performers.
(d) Anger toward Axel Olsen.

3. Dr. Anderson would hope that Helga would, instead, prefer to
(a) Stay on in Naxos and date him.
(b) Stay on and try to fix the problems at the school.
(c) Marry James Vayle and have children.
(d) Take another position on the faculty.

4. What dominates Helga's mind when rich men court her in New York?
(a) Her career goals.
(b) Her wish to stay with Anne.
(c) Her simple life in Chicago.
(d) Robert Anderson.

5. In a letter, Anne asks Helga to
(a) Attend her wedding to Dr. Anderson.
(b) Forget her past in Harlem.
(c) Forget about Dr. Anderson.
(d) Not be mad at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dr. Anderson makes an assumption about her background, Helga

2. Helga leaves Denmark with the expectation of

3. The painter, Herr Olsen, finds Helga's looks to be

4. Helga tells her story to Mrs. Hayes-Rore who

5. Helga could never marry

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