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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: The Plums (part 1).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Sissie say about God?
(a) He wears glasses.
(b) He is black.
(c) He has a flowing white beard.
(d) He is all-wise.

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

4. Who does Marija think is Indian?
(a) The camp receptionist.
(b) Sissie's boyfriend.
(c) Sissie.
(d) A Bavarian volunteer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sissie take her plane from?

2. Who lives in Newark, New Jersey?

3. What sort of things do Sissie and the other campers eat?

4. What do the Bavarian women call the volunteers?

5. To where did Marija's West Indian neighbor and his wife move?

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