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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. With whom does the airplane hostess assume that Sissie is travelling?
(a) Another African girl.
(b) A white man.
(c) An Indian man.
(d) Two Nigerian men.

2. Where does Sissie take her plane from?
(a) Accra.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Rwanda.

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

4. What does the "academic-pseudo-intellectual version" (6) talk about?
(a) The Gross National Product.
(b) The Gini Coefficient.
(c) The Marginal Cost Curve.
(d) Global warming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are in attendance at the dinner in the opening chapter of the novel?

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

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

4. What does Sissie say about the train station?

5. Who shows a lot of interest in Sissie?

(see the answer key)

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