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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Passing, Part Two, Chapter Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the trait of Clare's that gossipers have mentioned to Irene?
(a) Clare's having way.
(b) Clare's standoffishness.
(c) Clare's vulnerability.
(d) Clare's gregarious nature.

2. Where does Helga encounter Robert Anderson again?
(a) At a health seminar at her employer's.
(b) At a local restaurant.
(c) At a health meeting in a church.
(d) At an insurance conference in Harlem.

3. Helga considers the clothing of the staff to be
(a) Lovely.
(b) Colorless.
(c) Dowdy.
(d) Poor quality.

4. Why does Irene bring up Junior being exposed to sexually tinged jokes?
(a) To be suggestive about the subject.
(b) To divert his attention from his unhappiness.
(c) To cause a spark in him.
(d) To see if it will make him interested in her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Clare's aunts do to her?

2. Helga resents the authority structure's tendency to be

3. James Vayle, to whom Helga is engaged,

4. With his strange overtures toward her, Axel Olsen shows

5. James Vayle feels it is important

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