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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: The Plums (part 1).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marija have in her garden?
(a) Roses.
(b) Tiger lilies.
(c) Lilacs.
(d) Fruit trees.

2. What does the novel claim about the English language?
(a) It is beautiful to hear.
(b) It is difficult to learn.
(c) It is a doubtful weapon.
(d) It is an ugly language.

3. To where did Marija's West Indian neighbor and his wife move?
(a) Australia.
(b) Canada.
(c) Africa.
(d) Boston.

4. What do plums and Sissie NOT have in common?
(a) Being a rare article.
(b) Youthfulness.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Feeling free.

5. What does Sissie ask the doctor from Göttingen?
(a) Whether he is rich.
(b) Whether he is English.
(c) Whether they needed him in Europe as badly.
(d) Whether he is married.

Short Answer Questions

1. For Sissie, what do desserts represent?

2. What other foods are from the Mediterranean that Sissie encounters in Europe?

3. What kind of vegetable is familiar to Sissie?

4. What does Sissie notice is like the color of pig parts?

5. What, according to the novel, do Sissie and the volunteers do most?

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