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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Sissie first notice differences in human coloring?
(a) At the train station in Frankfurt.
(b) In Nigeria.
(c) In Ghana.
(d) In Barcelona.

3. According to the novel, what is necessary to be heaven-worthy individual?
(a) A Christian name.
(b) A dog.
(c) Wealth.
(d) A loyal spouse.

4. Who lives in Newark, New Jersey?
(a) Sissie's sister-in-law.
(b) Marija's cousin.
(c) Marija's neighbor's widow's cousin.
(d) Sissie's uncle.

5. Where does Sissie take her plane from?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Rwanda.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) Accra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Sissie to visit her teacher training college?

2. What sorts of professions do the volunteers become?

3. With whom does the airplane hostess assume that Sissie is travelling?

4. What does Sissie ask the doctor from Göttingen?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Sissie recall meeting an Indian man?

2. What is the most dangerous type of black person, according to Part 1: "Into a Bad Dream?"

3. What function does the castle in Bavaria now serve?

4. Where does Marija live?

5. Who orders breakfast for Sissie in Frankfurt?

6. What does Sissie claim to expect at age 30?

7. What is the profession of the Indian man whom Sissie meets?

8. What is Sissie's father's position?

9. To what does Sissie liken aeroplanes in Part 2: "The Plums?"

10. What is Sissie's nickname at the youth hostel?

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