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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 Sissie want to ask somebody?
(a) Whether there is any hope for her and Marija.
(b) Whether Sissie will ever be able to work in Germany.
(c) Why the entire world has had to pay so much, and is still paying, for some folks' unhappiness.
(d) Whether she can take Marija back to Africa.

2. What does Sissie speculate is God's gift to man?
(a) Singing loudly.
(b) Watching football.
(c) Having multiple wives.
(d) Taking pleasure in hurting.

3. In what year did Rhodesia declare itself independent?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1985.

4. How is Kunle killed?
(a) In an earthquake.
(b) By his car.
(c) From a gunshot wound.
(d) By his dog.

5. Into what are beautiful black bodies turned?
(a) Ugly white bodies.
(b) Noticeably skinny bodies.
(c) Ugly black bodies.
(d) Elephant-grey corpses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what other city in Germany will Sissie stop?

2. According to the narrative in Section 2, what do the ministers and commissioners drink?

3. Where do the self-exiled Ghanaian fishermen live?

4. What does Sissie notice about the appearance of black people in London?

5. What type of food does Marija serve Sissie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the name of the relative of Sissie's West African friend whom she meets?

2. What meat does Marija plan to cook for Sissie on the day she is scheduled to depart?

3. What beverage does Marija offer Sissie in Part 2: "The Plums?"

4. What city does Marija claim that Sissie ought to visit?

5. How does Sissie describe East Berlin?

6. What does Part 2: "The Plums" say about love?

7. What type of cake does Marija bake for Sissie?

8. What does Part 2: "The Plums" say about education?

9. What does the German-born American professor tell Sissie that Germany, Ireland, and Africa have in common?

10. According to a poem in Part 2: "The Plums," what shape are the women that men marry?

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