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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. Which of the following does Sissie say about Marija?
(a) She is pretentious.
(b) She is ugly.
(c) She is a genius.
(d) She is too warm for Bavaria.

2. What is the second course of the meal described in Part 2?
(a) Steak tips.
(b) Duck.
(c) Turducken.
(d) Chicken moriturus.

3. What does the novel liken to arguing with another black person?
(a) Russian roullete
(b) A game of solitaire.
(c) A chess game.
(d) Cribbage.

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

5. Where does Sissie first notice differences in human coloring?
(a) In Ghana.
(b) At the train station in Frankfurt.
(c) In Nigeria.
(d) In Barcelona.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marija have when she first meets Sissie?

2. How does Marija soften her plums?

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

4. Why is Marija happy that Little Adolph is a boy?

5. What does Sissie notice is like the color of pig parts?

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