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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. How many people are in attendance at the dinner in the opening chapter of the novel?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 17.
(d) 3.

2. What does Sissie say about the train station?
(a) That it is overpriced.
(b) That it smells bad.
(c) That it is strangely not crowded.
(d) There are more shops therein than anywhere else in her country.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does the airplane hostess assume that Sissie is travelling?

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

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

4. What does Sissie think that Sammy's voice sounds like?

5. What does Sissie say about power?

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