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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. Helga tells Olsen that some day
(a) The differences in their races would come between them.
(b) His racism will catch up with him.
(c) He will learn to love all black people.
(d) In the future, they will marry.

2. At the tea, Irene is
(a) Her usual charming self.
(b) Preoccupied with her children.
(c) Unusually chatty.
(d) Clearly tired of Hugh Wentworth.

3. Helga feels that at Naxos she is
(a) Respected.
(b) Disliked.
(c) A real success.
(d) Well thought of.

4. Helga grows tired and ill from
(a) Bad food.
(b) Continuous child bearing.
(c) The dirt and squalor.
(d) Gossip and loneliness.

5. Anne's feelings about racism cause her to
(a) Reject blacks.
(b) Keep to herself.
(c) Stay out of Harlem.
(d) Hate white people.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Danish word for "black" that Helga hears in town is

2. Clare married her husband because

3. Clare is very

4. Katrina would like Helga to

5. Dr. Anderson's rejection of her leaves Helga

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