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

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

3. Which of the following does Sissie say about Marija?
(a) She is pretentious.
(b) She is ugly.
(c) She is too warm for Bavaria.
(d) She is a genius.

4. What does the novel say about God's own babies?
(a) They are hypocritical.
(b) They cannot pay for Medicare.
(c) They only include blacks.
(d) They only include whites.

5. Where does SIssie think that Ghana is?
(a) Near Canada.
(b) Outside of London.
(c) In Australia.
(d) An island off of India.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sissie say about power?

2. Where does Sissie see plums for the first time?

3. How long has the cream of asparagus soup remained in a tin can?

4. What does the novel claim about working in a state hospital?

5. Which of the following is NOT a project undertaken by Sissie's missionary group?

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