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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robert Anderson's kiss makes Helga
(a) Glad that he has rejected her.
(b) Realize that she does not like him.
(c) Forget that he would not jeopardize his self-esteem.
(d) Consider marrying James Vayle.

2. Helga has found peace and contentment in
(a) Harlem.
(b) Anne's house.
(c) Her spirituality.
(d) Her job.

3. In her aunt' home, Helga's innate desire for things
(a) Is fulfilled.
(b) Is oppressed.
(c) Is more in perspective.
(d) Is extinguished.

4. Helga now feels alienated from
(a) The Negro race.
(b) Harlem and New York.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her aunt.

5. What would Helga like to accomplish with Dr. Crane?
(a) Get him matched up with Anne.
(b) Make him jealous.
(c) Set him straight regarding their talk in Naxos.
(d) Arrange never to see him again.

6. Dr. Anderson's rejection of her leaves Helga
(a) Free to pursue others.
(b) Wanting to return to Naxos.
(c) Extremely depressed.
(d) Indifferent.

7. The reason for Mrs. Hayes-Rore's reaction to Helga's story is that
(a) People do not talk about intermingling race.
(b) She becomes quite bored with Helga's drama.
(c) The story strikes a familiar note.
(d) She is appalled and disgusted.

8. Helga decides to ask her maternal uncle for help because
(a) Her father's relatives hate her.
(b) Her father's wealth has disappeared.
(c) Her mother would have wanted it.
(d) She knows he will take her in.

9. Helga considers that perhaps her feelings for Dr. Anderson mean that
(a) She resents him.
(b) She is in love with him.
(c) She longs for Naxos.
(d) She wishes he would leave New York.

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

11. Katrina would like Helga to
(a) Be less flambouyant.
(b) Be attracted to Axel Olsen.
(c) Make more friends.
(d) Stay with her forever.

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

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

14. Helga could never marry
(a) A black man.
(b) A white man.
(c) A Dane.
(d) An artist.

15. What Helga respects in Audrey is
(a) Her beautiful apricot colored dress.
(b) Her incredible talent for dancing.
(c) Her intrigue with Dr. Anderson.
(d) Her ability to look beyond racial barriers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might Helga have felt alienated in the "Negro" school as a child?

2. The remade green velvet dress

3. Helga remembers her mother being

4. Dr. Anderson thinks that Helga's reaction to injustice is

5. As Helga watches the dancers, she sees

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