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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: From Our Sister Killjoy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does its brochure say about the Bavarian castle?
(a) It is especially fancy.
(b) It is one of the largest in all Germany.
(c) It was made of imported marble.
(d) It is haunted.

2. What does Sissie say about Africa?
(a) It is too hot.
(b) It is overpriced.
(c) She has family there.
(d) It is like her country, only bigger.

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

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

5. What does Sissie say about her and Marija's love?
(a) It is impossible because of Sissie's boyfriend.
(b) It is going to anger Sissie's parents.
(c) It is fate.
(d) It is doomed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cries at de Gaulle's death?

2. Into what are beautiful black bodies turned?

3. What does the novel say about God's own babies?

4. Why does the Christian doctor say that the hearts of black people are easy to come by?

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

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