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

2. Helga now feels alienated from
(a) Her aunt.
(b) The Negro race.
(c) Herself.
(d) Harlem and New York.

3. Why does her uncle's wife reject Helga?
(a) She does not believe Helga.
(b) She feels Helga is not a valid member of the family.
(c) She is simply cruel and evil.
(d) She thinks Helga dresses too loudly.

4. Helga projects a sense of
(a) Fear.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Affluence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Olsen refers to Helga's refusal of him as

2. Dr. Anderson has assumed that Helga's good qualities are due to

3. Helga has trouble finding work because she

4. Helga gets a job in New York at

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

(see the answer key)

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