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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the road paved?
(a) Large enough for an oxcart.
(b) Large enough for two motor vehicles to travel abreast.
(c) Large enough for four lanes of traffic.
(d) With two narrow strips wide enough for a tire.

2. From where specifically do the Presidents of the North govern?
(a) Barcelona and Madrid.
(b) Ireland and England.
(c) Germany and Switzerland.
(d) Provence, Geneva, and Milan.

3. Which of the following does Sissie say about the Indian doctor?
(a) He is not equipped to practice.
(b) He is too old to work anymore.
(c) He is miserly.
(d) He is in a social order that froze a thousand years ago.

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

5. What does Marija tell Sissie that she wishes?
(a) That she were better educated.
(b) That she had a baby girl.
(c) That she could move to Africa.
(d) That she were happier.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what country does the novel not claim that Sissie has been?

2. What does its brochure say about the Bavarian castle?

3. What do Marija and Sissie eat during Sissie's first visit?

4. Why can Sissie not join Marija for lunch with her husband?

5. What kind of cake does Marija make for Sissie?

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