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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Helga tells her story to Mrs. Hayes-Rore who
(a) Feels only sympathy for her.
(b) Reacts with anger toward her.
(c) Seems to withdraw from her.
(d) Admonishes her for sharing.

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

3. The rejection Helga held earlier for America has turned to
(a) Homesickness.
(b) A hatred of Harlem.
(c) A wish for more money.
(d) A repugnance of Negroes.

4. Helga wishes that the school would not
(a) Try to be something it is not.
(b) Seek government funding.
(c) Suppress the true nature of its students.
(d) Advertise itself as a school for blacks.

5. Her deepest regret over the incident with Anderson is
(a) That she made a fool of herself.
(b) That she did not tell Anne.
(c) Her broken relationship with Anne.
(d) She never really liked him.

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

7. The portrait Olsen has painted of Helga is
(a) A mocking likeness.
(b) Exotic and wild.
(c) Demure and soft.
(d) Exact and lifelike.

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

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

10. Helga Crane loves
(a) Beauty and beautiful things.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Being black and educated.
(d) Classical music.

11. When Dr. Anderson makes an assumption about her background, Helga
(a) Responds angrily with the truth about her parents.
(b) Is glad no one knows about her lack of family.
(c) Accepts the compliment and smiles.
(d) Hopes he will find her repulsive.

12. Helga thinks she has now
(a) Lost her mind.
(b) Found her saving grace.
(c) Avoided suicide.
(d) Hit the bottom.

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

14. Helga gets a job in New York at
(a) A factory.
(b) A retail store.
(c) An insurance firm.
(d) A law firm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Axel Olsen tells Helga that she has

2. For her departure from Denmark, Helga now blames

3. Helga considers the clothing of the staff to be

4. It is possible that Helga Crane is

5. In Chicago, Helga finds a place to stay

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