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

2. Who shows a lot of interest in Sissie?
(a) The Beatles.
(b) The Apollo 11 astronauts.
(c) An embassy in Europe.
(d) Her parents.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sissie say about the train station?

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

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

5. Who orders breakfast for Sissie's group?

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