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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. How old are the Bavarian peasants who work in the garden?
(a) Young adults.
(b) Elderly.
(c) Middle-aged.
(d) Teenagers.

2. At what time does Marija come to pick up Sissie for the first time?
(a) Seven o'clock at night.
(b) Eight o'clock at night.
(c) Five o'clock in the afternoon.
(d) Seven o'clock in the morning.

3. What does the novel say about limbs and senses?
(a) They are hyperstimulated.
(b) They are rotting.
(c) They are unusual.
(d) They are saved by modern medicine.

4. According to Sissie, what is the ethnicity of angels?
(a) Canadian.
(b) African.
(c) Italian.
(d) English.

5. What other foods are from the Mediterranean that Sissie encounters in Europe?
(a) Potatoes and Onions.
(b) Steak and Venison.
(c) Rice and beans.
(d) Apricots and pears.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How often does Marija visit Sissie?

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

5. According to the novel, what are the middle-class European kids unused to?

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