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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The furnishings in Anne Grey's home
(a) Appeal to Helga's sense of aesthetics.
(b) Are too modern for her home.
(c) Have been bought from museums.
(d) Are old and dusty.

2. 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 stopped having children.
(d) She proclaimed her Danish heritage.

3. Helga considers Negro society to be
(a) Simple and straightforward.
(b) Beneath her social status.
(c) As complex as white.
(d) Much easier to live with than white.

4. When it comes to Dr. Anderson, Helga has now developed a vague sense of
(a) Superiority.
(b) Disrespect.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Hatred.

5. The husband of Mrs. Hayes-Rore died
(a) Mysteriously.
(b) In peace.
(c) At his own hand.
(d) After a long illness.

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

7. Robert Anderson's kiss makes Helga
(a) Glad that he has rejected her.
(b) Consider marrying James Vayle.
(c) Forget that he would not jeopardize his self-esteem.
(d) Realize that she does not like him.

8. Dr. Anderson thinks that Helga's reaction to injustice is
(a) Appropriate.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Too sensitive.
(d) Unprofessional.

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

10. Where does Helga encounter Robert Anderson again?
(a) At a local restaurant.
(b) At an insurance conference in Harlem.
(c) At a health meeting in a church.
(d) At a health seminar at her employer's.

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

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

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

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

15. Helga is angry at herself because
(a) Her colleagues like their jobs.
(b) She is too beautiful to be a teacher.
(c) Her students think she is too young.
(d) Her teaching has been ineffective.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did Uncle Peter's check have on Helga?

2. The remade green velvet dress

3. Helga takes the time to

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

5. Why does her uncle's wife reject Helga?

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