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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: The Plums (part 1).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the novel, what are the middle-class European kids unused to?
(a) Feeling useful.
(b) Social activities.
(c) Eating lavishly.
(d) Manual labor.

2. Who orders breakfast for Sissie's group?
(a) Sissie's boyfriend.
(b) Sissie's mother.
(c) The flight attendant.
(d) A functionary.

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

4. What does the novel claim about working in a state hospital?
(a) It is lucrative.
(b) It is noble.
(c) It is the only option.
(d) It is unnecessary slavery.

5. What does the novel say about African names?
(a) They are heathen.
(b) They are confusing.
(c) They are foolish.
(d) They are beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does Sissie often return to the camp?

2. How long has the cream of asparagus soup remained in a tin can?

3. What does Sammy try to get Sissie to realize?

4. What does the "academic-pseudo-intellectual version" (6) talk about?

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

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