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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: From Our Sister Killjoy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sissie want to ask somebody?
(a) Whether there is any hope for her and Marija.
(b) Whether she can take Marija back to Africa.
(c) Why the entire world has had to pay so much, and is still paying, for some folks' unhappiness.
(d) Whether Sissie will ever be able to work in Germany.

2. Who receives the heart transplant discussed in the novel?
(a) An infant..
(b) Sissie's friend.
(c) A dying African man.
(d) A dying white man.

3. What do Marija's neighbours do?
(a) Sing Christmas carols.
(b) Spy on Marija and Sissie.
(c) Bring over a cake.
(d) Send a dog into their garden.

4. What does Marija pray for?
(a) That Little Adolph goes to London.
(b) That Little Adolph visits Africa.
(c) That Little Adolph becomes Chancellor.
(d) That Little Adolph become wealthy.

5. With what does Kunle suspect the doctors experienced?
(a) Mice.
(b) Dogs and cats.
(c) Indians.
(d) Black people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old are the Bavarian peasants who work in the garden?

2. Why do yams in the African marketplace rot?

3. How many children does Marija plan to have?

4. In what year did Rhodesia declare itself independent?

5. According to Sissie, where does the oppressed multiple think that salvation comes from?

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