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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 misses her aunt and uncle.
(d) She is jealous, confused and afraid.

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

4. What the Dahls have wanted all along was
(a) A better understanding of Helga.
(b) An artist in the family.
(c) For Helga to leave.
(d) For Helga to marry.

5. The sermon heard earlier affects Helga because
(a) It was not spontaneous.
(b) It pressed ideas onto the students about God.
(c) It was about the persecution of blacks.
(d) She feels it was rude and inappropriate.

6. Olsen refers to Helga's refusal of him as
(a) Totally expected.
(b) A waste of time.
(c) Comic relief.
(d) A tragedy.

7. Why might Helga have felt alienated in the "Negro" school as a child?
(a) She was not very smart.
(b) She was fair-skinned.
(c) She was not good looking.
(d) Her attitude was superior.

8. The staging of Helga by her aunt and uncle make Helga feel like
(a) A pet dog.
(b) A dinosaur.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A peacock.

9. Mrs. Hayes-Rore is
(a) An administrator for Chicago schools.
(b) An entertainer.
(c) An activist for the Negro cause.
(d) A struggling actress.

10. Helga's false pride masks her
(a) Cruel nature.
(b) Coldness.
(c) Lack of taste.
(d) Insecurity and pain.

11. Her deepest regret over the incident with Anderson is
(a) She never really liked him.
(b) Her broken relationship with Anne.
(c) That she did not tell Anne.
(d) That she made a fool of herself.

12. What effect did Uncle Peter's check have on Helga?
(a) She remembers that she likes being white.
(b) She feels guilty or causing Peter such trouble.
(c) She realizes she has felt yoked to her race.
(d) She begins to miss her mother.

13. Helga remembers her mother being
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Polite.
(c) Remote.
(d) Nurturing.

14. With his strange overtures toward her, Axel Olsen shows
(a) His noble personality.
(b) His true intentions of marrying Fru Dahl.
(c) His artistic finesse.
(d) Disrespect for Helga and her race.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Her decision to marry Pleasant Green is Helga's way of

2. Helga considers the clothing of the staff to be

3. Prior to Olsen's proposal, Helga had planned to

4. Helga projects a sense of

5. Helga wishes that the school would not

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