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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. What does the novel liken to arguing with another black person?
(a) Russian roullete
(b) Cribbage.
(c) A game of solitaire.
(d) A chess game.

2. What do the Bavarian women call the volunteers?
(a) Das Boot.
(b) Die Mannes.
(c) Diese Frauen
(d) Die Shönenkinder.

3. What is Sammy?
(a) An African man whom Sissie meets in Europe.
(b) Sissie's boyfriend.
(c) The president of France.
(d) The prime minister of Germany.

4. Which of the following is performed by Sissie and her fellow volunteers?
(a) Cover up the bases and stems of pine seedlings.
(b) Donate blood.
(c) Build schoolhouses.
(d) Rake leaves.

5. According to Sissie, what is the ethnicity of angels?
(a) Italian.
(b) Canadian.
(c) African.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sorts of professions do the volunteers become?

2. Which of the following does Sissie say about Marija?

3. What is Sissie's reaction to white people?

4. Who shows a lot of interest in Sissie?

5. Which of the following does Sissie say about the Indian doctor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what type of car is Sissie picked up in Europe?

4. How does Sissie describe the color of the individuals in Germany?

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

6. How does the poetic cycle in Part 2: "The Plums" claim that rulers gather their wealth?

7. Where does Marija think Ghana is located?

8. What race Marija first assume Sissie to be?

9. What part of Africa does Sissie liken to the "bowels of the earth" (11)?

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

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