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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Helga makes the decision while she is still bedridden to
(a) Leave Pastor Green.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Re-commit to the church.
(d) Flee to Naxos.

2. Helga grows tired and ill from
(a) Gossip and loneliness.
(b) The dirt and squalor.
(c) Continuous child bearing.
(d) Bad food.

3. Irene privately considers what it would be like if
(a) Clare re-entered Harlem as a black woman.
(b) Clare should die.
(c) Clare took her sons.
(d) Brian and Clare eloped.

4. Helga's most recent infant
(a) Passed away after one week.
(b) Was nursed by Clementine.
(c) Is cared for by Pastor Green.
(d) Looks just like Helga.

5. How does Irene conclude that Brian and Clare are having an affair?
(a) Her children tell her.
(b) Clare tells her.
(c) Hugh Wentworth tells her.
(d) Brian invited Clare to tea.

6. Does Irene want Clare in her life again?
(a) Perhaps, with conditions.
(b) Absolutely not.
(c) She is ambivalent.
(d) Desperately.

7. What feelings come up for Irene when remembering her visit with Clare in Chicago
(a) Love and longing.
(b) Shame and sadness.
(c) Old ties of friendship.
(d) Anger and humiliation.

8. What does Clare's stationery say about her?
(a) She is plain.
(b) She is beautiful.
(c) She is feminine.
(d) She is wealthy.

9. In her illness, Helga is unable to
(a) Love her new child.
(b) Give birth.
(c) Ask the right questions.
(d) Pray properly.

10. Brian demands that Irene not
(a) Talk of sex at the table.
(b) Molly-coddle their son.
(c) Talk to him so much.
(d) Divert him from complaining about his job.

11. Clare now sees that if her marriage breaks,
(a) She will be free to live in Harlem.
(b) She will despise her solitude.
(c) She can travel more.
(d) She can give up mothering.

12. Irene attributes Brian's complete withdrawal to
(a) His increased satisfaction with his job.
(b) His newfound happiness in his marriage.
(c) His sense of guilt.
(d) His continued longing to be in South America.

13. At the tea, Irene is
(a) Her usual charming self.
(b) Clearly tired of Hugh Wentworth.
(c) Preoccupied with her children.
(d) Unusually chatty.

14. Irene Redfield does not
(a) Try to pass as a white person.
(b) Reveal to anyone that she is black.
(c) Does not tell her sons they are black.
(d) Discuss her skin color.

15. When it comes to Clare's motives, Irene is
(a) Understanding.
(b) Naive.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Outspoken.

Short Answer Questions

1. As to Clare's motives, Irene is

2. Green's bad habits are outweighed by his

3. Brian's comments about sex being a joke indicate that

4. What has Irene heard about Clare since they were young?

5. Soon after Helga is well enough to be out of bed

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