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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quicksand, Chapters Eighteen and Nineteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Helga's step-siblings were
(a) White children.
(b) Black children.
(c) Danish children.
(d) Mulatto children.

2. Helga finally finds work as
(a) A librarian.
(b) A housekeeper.
(c) A personal assistant.
(d) A teacher.

3. Knowing she is without support, Helga's desperation turns to
(a) Anger toward all white people.
(b) Plotting and scheming for greater status.
(c) Revolutionary thoughts.
(d) Determination to make it on her own.

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

5. In her discomfort about not fitting in, Helga realizes
(a) She loves to travel.
(b) Her feelings are hurt.
(c) She is better than these people.
(d) She does not want to fit in.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her aunt' home, Helga's innate desire for things

2. Helga has trouble finding work because she

3. Helga tells her story to Mrs. Hayes-Rore who

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

5. Peter's wife told Helga her presence was not

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