Passing

Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Part 1, Chapters 1-4

Reading Check

1. How does Irene characterize the Clare Kendry she knew in her childhood?

2. What is the potential danger in Clare’s recognition of Irene in the Drayton hotel?

3. What differentiates Irene’s relationship to passing with Gertrude and Clare’s experiences?

4. What facet about Irene’s life does Clare question?

Multiple Choice

1. What reason does Clare give for writing her letter to Irene?

A) Clare needs to give Irene news from their hometown.

B) Clare needs Irene’s help.

C) Irene has filled Claire with an inexplicable ache.

D) Clare owes Irene money.

2. When they encounter each other at the Drayton hotel, why doesn’t Irene ask Clare about her family and marriage?

A) Irene knows that Clare is passing as a white woman, founding her marriage on a lie.

B) Irene has heard that Clare’s husband abuses her, and she isn’t sure how to help.

C) Irene suspects that the death of Clare’s father when they were children still haunts Clare.

D) Irene used to date Clare’s husband, and she finds it awkward to ask about him.

3. Why is Clare afraid to have more children?