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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Helga makes the decision while she is still bedridden to
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Flee to Naxos.
(c) Re-commit to the church.
(d) Leave Pastor Green.
2. How does Irene conclude that Brian and Clare are having an affair?
(a) Brian invited Clare to tea.
(b) Her children tell her.
(c) Hugh Wentworth tells her.
(d) Clare tells her.
3. Brian demands that Irene
(a) Write back to Clare.
(b) Stop telling dirty jokes.
(c) Stop talking to him.
(d) Not molly-coddle their son.
4. Clare is very
(a) Generous and gregarious.
(b) Maternal and kind.
(c) Self-focused and manipulative.
(d) Threatening and belligerent.
5. In her illness, Helga is unable to
(a) Love her new child.
(b) Ask the right questions.
(c) Pray properly.
(d) Give birth.
6. Clare now sees that if her marriage breaks,
(a) She can give up mothering.
(b) She will despise her solitude.
(c) She will be free to live in Harlem.
(d) She can travel more.
7. When Clare falls from the window, Irene cries with
(a) Thankfulness.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Grief.
(d) Horror.
8. At the tea, Clare is
(a) Angry.
(b) Not herself.
(c) Distracted.
(d) Lively and gregarious.
9. Why does Irene feel it unsafe for Clare to come back?
(a) Her husband and child could find out.
(b) She could be assaulted.
(c) She could be mistaken for someone else.
(d) Her picture could end up in the papers.
10. When Clare mentions she would do anything to get what she wants, it
(a) Exposes her violent nature.
(b) Indicates danger to the children.
(c) Should have been a clue for Irene.
(d) Was meant to alert Brian of her intentions.
11. As to Clare's motives, Irene is
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Trusting.
(d) Understanding.
12. What did Clare's aunts do to her?
(a) Forced her to learn to cook.
(b) Made her care for them in their old age.
(c) Tortured her with religion.
(d) Used her father against her.
13. What feelings come up for Irene when remembering her visit with Clare in Chicago
(a) Anger and humiliation.
(b) Love and longing.
(c) Shame and sadness.
(d) Old ties of friendship.
14. Clare is upset that she will have to leave New York to
(a) See her daughter in Switzerland.
(b) Retrieve her daughter from Switzerland.
(c) Rejoin her husband in Switzerland.
(d) Get back into white society.
15. Brian demands that Irene not
(a) Molly-coddle their son.
(b) Talk of sex at the table.
(c) Divert him from complaining about his job.
(d) Talk to him so much.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Brian tries to talk to his sons about racism, Irene
2. What has Irene heard about Clare since they were young?
3. Irene has a bad moment during the social event wherein she
4. This chapter finds Brian Redfield
5. The teacup Irene destroys is
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