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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Into a Bad Dream.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sissie notice is like the color of pig parts?
(a) Her hostess.
(b) The sidewalks.
(c) The crowd of people going and going.
(d) The European sky.

3. What does power decide, according to the novel?
(a) Who will win the presidential election.
(b) Whether Sissie will marry her boyfriend.
(c) When Sissie will return to Africa.
(d) Who is to live and die.

4. What is Sammy?
(a) Sissie's boyfriend.
(b) An African man whom Sissie meets in Europe.
(c) The prime minister of Germany.
(d) The president of France.

5. What does "das Schwartze Mädchen" mean?
(a) The Indian girl.
(b) The ugly maiden.
(c) The black girl.
(d) The lovely maiden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the novel liken to arguing with another black person?

2. What does the narrative claim about a 'moderate' black person?

3. Who orders breakfast for Sissie's group?

4. Where does Sissie first notice differences in human coloring?

5. What is the final destination of the airplane on which Sissie travels?

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