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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. For Sissie, what do desserts represent?
(a) A mark of the leisured class.
(b) Her favorite meal.
(c) Her childhood.
(d) Overindulgence.

2. Why does Sissie's description of Nigeria shock Marija?
(a) Marija suspects that Sissie is lying.
(b) Sissie makes Nigeria sound beautiful.
(c) Sissie describes Nigeria in rhyming verse.
(d) It sounds unpatriotic.

3. What sorts of professions do the volunteers become?
(a) Writers.
(b) Artists.
(c) Diplomats, professors, and local experts.
(d) Politicians.

4. What is the second course of the meal described in Part 2?
(a) Steak tips.
(b) Duck.
(c) Chicken moriturus.
(d) Turducken.

5. What does Sissie think that Marija's tears signify?
(a) Fear.
(b) Secret knowledge.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to one of the novel's characters, who uses the road everyday?

2. According to the novel, what time do day's activities end?

3. Who writes letters to Kunle?

4. What does Sissie say about her and Marija's love?

5. To where did Marija's West Indian neighbor and his wife move?

(see the answer key)

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