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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. What does Sammy try to get Sissie to realize?
(a) That he is very wealthy.
(b) That she is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen.
(c) That she is lucky to be in Europe.
(d) That she needs to return to African as soon as possible.

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

3. What is the final destination of the airplane on which Sissie travels?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) Benin.
(d) Kenya.

4. Who orders breakfast for Sissie's group?
(a) The flight attendant.
(b) A functionary.
(c) Sissie's boyfriend.
(d) Sissie's mother.

5. What does the narrative claim about a 'moderate' black person?
(a) He is very handsome.
(b) He can only regurgitate what his master told him.
(c) He is obsessed with wealth.
(d) He is better educated.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who shows a lot of interest in Sissie?

3. Where does Sissie take her plane from?

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

5. What does the "academic-pseudo-intellectual version" (6) talk about?

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