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

2. Which of the following is true about rulers of the Third World?
(a) They are native.
(b) They are asleep to all things at all times.
(c) They are benevolent.
(d) They are poor.

3. Where does Sissie fly to?
(a) Lagos.
(b) Accra.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) Cotonou.

4. What did the doctor say during Little Adolph's birth?
(a) That Marija cannot have more children.
(b) That he has a birth defect.
(c) That he is underweight.
(d) That he had a twin that did not survive.

5. What sort of foods does Sissie not like?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Soup.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Sweets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sissie's Christian name?

2. What does the novel claim about working in a state hospital?

3. What does Marija notice about Sissie when she arrives back from a trip to the lakes and mountains?

4. What does Marija pray for?

5. On account of what do able-bodied fishermen disappear?

(see the answer key)

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