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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James Vayle feels it is important
(a) For everyone to have at least one child.
(b) For Helga to be married and settled down.
(c) For negroes at the top of the race to have children.
(d) That poorer negroes continue to have children.

2. How does Helga feel about the encounter with Uncle Peter's wife?
(a) She is ashamed.
(b) She is determined.
(c) She is happy.
(d) She wants her to disappear.

3. James Vayle, to whom Helga is engaged,
(a) Has dishonorable intentions.
(b) Has assimilated into the school's culture.
(c) Is a well-known gossip.
(d) Is a rebel and a loner.

4. Helga's attempt to overcome her loneliness in Harlem has resulted in
(a) A more secure outlook.
(b) Anxiety and tension.
(c) Dullness and aversion.
(d) A stronger sense of her self.

5. Why is Helga distressed at the end of this chapter?
(a) She wants to continue to live with Anne.
(b) She is jealous, confused and afraid.
(c) She misses her aunt and uncle.
(d) She is angry to be black.

6. Helga's hidden feeling about her lack of family is
(a) Sadness.
(b) Shame.
(c) Defiance.
(d) Indifference.

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

8. Helga wants to leave Naxos because
(a) She does not fit in.
(b) The staff is dependent upon her.
(c) She dislikes her students.
(d) She hates James Vayle.

9. Helga remembers being in Denmark where people
(a) Admired her color and hair.
(b) Wanted her to join their clubs.
(c) Ignored her skin color.
(d) Wanted to see her dance.

10. In her discomfort about not fitting in, Helga realizes
(a) She is better than these people.
(b) She does not want to fit in.
(c) She loves to travel.
(d) Her feelings are hurt.

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

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

13. Axel Olsen tells Helga that she has
(a) The soul of a prostitute.
(b) The grace of an African.
(c) The stubbornness of a mule.
(d) The determination of a white woman.

14. Helga found her job with the help of
(a) A small personnel agency.
(b) The local YWCA.
(c) Mrs. Haye-Rore.
(d) A teacher in downtown Chicago.

15. Mrs. Hayes-Rore is
(a) An administrator for Chicago schools.
(b) An activist for the Negro cause.
(c) A struggling actress.
(d) An entertainer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chicago, Helga finds a place to stay

2. What would Helga like to accomplish with Dr. Crane?

3. Peter's wife told Helga her presence was not

4. How did Helga's mother lift herself out of her bad situation?

5. Olsen thinks Helga's surprise at his proposal is

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