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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Helga distressed at the end of this chapter?
(a) She wants to continue to live with Anne.
(b) She is angry to be black.
(c) She is jealous, confused and afraid.
(d) She misses her aunt and uncle.

2. Helga considers Negro society to be
(a) Much easier to live with than white.
(b) As complex as white.
(c) Beneath her social status.
(d) Simple and straightforward.

3. What is the implication that surrounds Clare's rich white male companions?
(a) They find Clare to be a hard worker.
(b) They are paying a good price for Clare's company.
(c) They pay Clare for housekeeping.
(d) They find Clare to be a good dancer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Helga feels she does not fit in with this community because

2. What is the trait of Clare's that gossipers have mentioned to Irene?

3. At the tea, Irene is

4. When it comes to Clare's motives, Irene is

5. The portrait Olsen has painted of Helga is

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