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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: The Plums (part 2).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of letters does Sissie send to her mother?
(a) Long letters.
(b) Shamefully expurgated letters.
(c) Sissie does not write home.
(d) Homesick letters.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marija soften her plums?

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

3. Why can not all Europeans go abroad?

4. How much does it cost to make a baby girl?

5. What does Sissie think about her relationship with Marija?

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