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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Encounter: Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Clare get hold of Irene?
(a) Runs into her.
(b) Calls repeatedly.
(c) Follows her.
(d) Knocks on her door..

2. Whom do Irene and Gertrude talk about?
(a) John Bellew.
(b) Clare and John.
(c) Clare.
(d) Clare's father.

3. What issue does Irene have with Clare?
(a) She thinks Clare wants to be white.
(b) She thinks Clare wants to avoid her.
(c) She thinks Clare is dishonest.
(d) She thinks Clare has deserted her race.

4. When the woman stares at Irene at the hotel, what does Irene fear the woman is thinking about her?
(a) Irene is black.
(b) Irene is white.
(c) Irene is unattractive.
(d) Irene is mixed.

5. Where does Nella Larsen become a shining star?
(a) The Apollo.
(b) On Broadway.
(c) In Hollywood
(d) The Harlem Renaissance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Irene try to ignore?

2. Irene thinks the woman who sits near her at the hotel looks _____________.

3. Irene thinks that what group of people cannot tell what race she is?

4. What does Gertrude's husband know about her heritage?

5. How does Irene want to respond to John Bellew?

(see the answer key)

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