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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When Helga sees Audrey Denny with Dr. Anderson, she feels
(a) Jealous.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sad.
(d) Happy.
2. Helga takes the time to
(a) Scrub the floors and windows.
(b) Order the maid to change Anne's bed.
(c) Write a note to Anne about her departure.
(d) Prepare the house for Anne's arrival home.
3. When she finds Anne gone upon her return from the tea, Helga
(a) Is indifferent.
(b) Is upset.
(c) Is disappointed.
(d) Is worried.
4. Her decision to marry Pleasant Green is Helga's way of
(a) Having both God and man.
(b) Avenging Dr. Anderson's cruelty.
(c) Avoiding a return to Denmark.
(d) Hurting James Vayle.
5. Helga has found peace and contentment in
(a) Anne's house.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Her job.
(d) Her spirituality.
6. Mrs. Hayes-Rore is
(a) An administrator for Chicago schools.
(b) An activist for the Negro cause.
(c) An entertainer.
(d) A struggling actress.
7. When Dr. Anderson makes an assumption about her background, Helga
(a) Hopes he will find her repulsive.
(b) Is glad no one knows about her lack of family.
(c) Responds angrily with the truth about her parents.
(d) Accepts the compliment and smiles.
8. Dr. Anderson would hope that Helga would, instead, prefer to
(a) Stay on in Naxos and date him.
(b) Take another position on the faculty.
(c) Stay on and try to fix the problems at the school.
(d) Marry James Vayle and have children.
9. About to be sick in the crowd of worshippers, Helga got
(a) The idea of of singing.
(b) Saved.
(c) The flu.
(d) Naked.
10. What effect did Uncle Peter's check have on Helga?
(a) She realizes she has felt yoked to her race.
(b) She begins to miss her mother.
(c) She remembers that she likes being white.
(d) She feels guilty or causing Peter such trouble.
11. Helga now feels alienated from
(a) Her aunt.
(b) The Negro race.
(c) Harlem and New York.
(d) Herself.
12. Helga's step-siblings were
(a) Mulatto children.
(b) White children.
(c) Danish children.
(d) Black children.
13. The Danish word for "black" that Helga hears in town is
(a) Sienna.
(b) Negre.
(c) Sorte.
(d) Ebone.
14. Prior to Olsen's proposal, Helga had planned to
(a) Steal Dr. Anderson from Anne.
(b) Begin a new relationship with Herr Dahl.
(c) Turn her attention to another man.
(d) Date within her own race.
15. Helga's aunt resembles
(a) Helga's father.
(b) Audrey Denny.
(c) Helga's mother.
(d) Uncle Peter.
Short Answer Questions
1. The staging of Helga by her aunt and uncle make Helga feel like
2. How did Helga's mother lift herself out of her bad situation?
3. Peter's wife told Helga her presence was not
4. In her discomfort about not fitting in, Helga realizes
5. Helga considers Negro society to be
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