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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In her aunt' home, Helga's innate desire for things
(a) Is extinguished.
(b) Is more in perspective.
(c) Is oppressed.
(d) Is fulfilled.

4. What effect did Uncle Peter's check have on Helga?
(a) She feels guilty or causing Peter such trouble.
(b) She realizes she has felt yoked to her race.
(c) She begins to miss her mother.
(d) She remembers that she likes being white.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The husband of Mrs. Hayes-Rore died

2. In the sophisticated crowd, James Vayle seems

3. The portrait Olsen has painted of Helga is

4. The Fishers arrive at the boat in order to

5. Helga's hidden feeling about her lack of family is

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Larsen tell us that Helga is irreparably damaged from her childhood? Helga does not complain much - how do we know that she carries old wounds?

2. What is the YWCA and why is Helga there? Is this a safe haven for her? Does it meet her high living standards?

3. What is Dr. Anderson's attitude toward the troubles of society? Is he an idealist, or is he a wise man? Use examples to answer.

4. What exactly happens to Helga in Denmark? What is her social life like? Is she doomed to be unhappy again? Why?

5. Is Helga feeling regret as she leaves Naxos? Why or why not? Is this a good move for her career? Is sh being responsible?

6. What surprises does Katrina's character bring in the story? Does she provide a safe haven or a sense of family for Helga? Why, or why not?

7. Why did Uncle Peter's wife reject Helga? Is she an unreasonable woman? Is she cruel? Explain your answers.

8. Something about Anne has begun to wear on Helga. What is it? Is Helga's irritability justified? Why?

9. Discuss Helga's newly emerging feelings about the black population around her in New York. What might this mean about Helga?

10. Why does Anne begin avoiding Helga? Has something come between them? What is it?

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