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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 do the residents of Ouagadougou use to represent snow?
(a) Cotton wool.
(b) Plastic bottle caps.
(c) Ice from ice machines.
(d) Crumpled paper.

2. Which is true about the promises made by Sissie and Marija?
(a) Marija is grateful for them.
(b) They are stifling to Sissie.
(c) They are well-intentioned.
(d) They would not be kept.

3. What does Sissie's relationship with Marija almost make her forget?
(a) That Marija is poor.
(b) That she must go home.
(c) That she is a woman.
(d) That she is poor.

4. Who does Marija think is Indian?
(a) A Bavarian volunteer.
(b) The camp receptionist.
(c) Sissie.
(d) Sissie's boyfriend.

5. Why can Sissie not join Marija for lunch with her husband?
(a) She is leaving on a train.
(b) Her friends will be in town.
(c) Her camping group has plans.
(d) She refuses to meet Marija's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shows a lot of interest in Sissie?

2. According to Sissie, what is necessary to know that someone is telling the truth?

3. Where does Sissie and her campers go during their last few days?

4. What is heresy, according to the novel?

5. Who lives in Newark, New Jersey?

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