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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: A Love Letter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. By what alone can man not live?
(a) Yams and plums.
(b) Gari or ugali.
(c) Potatoes and onions.
(d) Hamburgers and hot dogs.

3. What is heresy, according to the novel?
(a) For a woman to not have children.
(b) For a woman to want to be away from her child.
(c) For a woman to work outside of the home.
(d) For a woman to marry as a teenager.

4. What are Sissie's two favorite fruits?
(a) Apples and bananas.
(b) Pears and plums.
(c) Watermelon and canteloupe.
(d) Oranges and clementines.

5. Where do Marija and Sissie walk?
(a) Around a track.
(b) A path through the park.
(c) In a ravine.
(d) Up a mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Kunle killed?

2. According to the novel, what is not a child's game?

3. Why is Marija happy that Little Adolph is a boy?

4. What does Sissie think that Marija's tears signify?

5. What can Sissie not understand?

(see the answer key)

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