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

2. Who paved the road from the Ghana border to Ouagadougou?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The English.
(c) The French.
(d) Sissie.

3. What does Sissie say about her and Marija's love?
(a) It is going to anger Sissie's parents.
(b) It is doomed.
(c) It is fate.
(d) It is impossible because of Sissie's boyfriend.

4. On account of what do able-bodied fishermen disappear?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Bird flu.
(c) Hay Fever.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. According to Sissie, why are white teeth popular?
(a) Because they are African.
(b) Because they are German.
(c) Because they are a sign of good health.
(d) Because someone is making money off of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sissie say about last-minute goodbyes?

2. What does Sissie speculate is God's gift to man?

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

4. What, according to the novel, do Sissie and the volunteers do most?

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

(see the answer key)

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