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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At all costs, Irene does not want to
(a) Walk in the snow.
(b) Offend Clare.
(c) Lose Felise as a friend.
(d) Lose Brian.

3. Why is Irene offended by Clare's use of a PO Box for a return address?
(a) It implies Clare thinks Irene would be indiscreet.
(b) It shows Clare's devious nature.
(c) It implies that Clare is being sarcastic.
(d) She is hiding her real address.

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

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

6. Soon after Helga is well enough to be out of bed
(a) She packs up to leave.
(b) She rejects Green's advances.
(c) She begins to give birth to her fifth child.
(d) She prays for redemption.

7. What is a personality trait of Clare's that stands out in Irene's mind?
(a) Her selflessness.
(b) Her affection.
(c) Her energy.
(d) Her anger.

8. When Brian tries to talk to his sons about racism, Irene
(a) Speaks for him.
(b) Admonishes him.
(c) Contradicts him.
(d) Encourages him.

9. Irene knows that she and Brian and their children belong
(a) To Harlem.
(b) In Chicago.
(c) In Brazil.
(d) In New York.

10. Clare's admission that she is lacking in morals
(a) Is just Clare being manipulative again.
(b) Foreshadows her affair with Brian.
(c) Makes Irene feel sorry for her.
(d) Makes Irene want her away from the children.

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

12. This chapter finds Brian Redfield
(a) Making home visits.
(b) Busy at home.
(c) Withdrawn.
(d) Extremely joyous.

13. Helga marries Pleasant Green and moves to
(a) Naxos.
(b) Chicago.
(c) California.
(d) Alabama.

14. Helga finds some satisfaction in
(a) Changing the women in the congregation.
(b) Living in the south.
(c) Being a preacher's wife.
(d) Living in poverty.

15. Irene allowing Clare into the private rooms of the house symbolizes
(a) Irene's desire to show Clare her wealth.
(b) Irene allowing herself to be vulnerable.
(c) Irene's invitation to invade her family.
(d) Irene's wish that Clare will love her sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helga chooses to remain

2. For more than a week, Helga remains in a state of

3. Where would Brian prefer to live?

4. Brian states that sex is a joke because

5. The teacup Irene destroys is

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