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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. 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.

2. Helga is tired of black people
(a) Being walked on by whites.
(b) Sticking together.
(c) Wanting to be white.
(d) Denigrating white people.

3. Helga feels she does not fit in with this community because
(a) Her hair is blonde.
(b) Her skin is fair.
(c) She is an aggressive woman.
(d) She is a black activist.

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

5. Helga's aunt Katrina wants Helga to
(a) Wear brightly colored clothing.
(b) Dress in a subdued manner.
(c) Wear less makeup.
(d) Mind her manners.

Short Answer Questions

1. The rejection Helga held earlier for America has turned to

2. Katrina would like Helga to

3. Helga resents the authority structure's tendency to be

4. Helga feels that at Naxos she is

5. In the sophisticated crowd, James Vayle seems

(see the answer key)

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