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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 is the second course of the meal described in Part 2?
(a) Turducken.
(b) Steak tips.
(c) Chicken moriturus.
(d) Duck.

2. What does Sissie want to ask somebody?
(a) Whether there is any hope for her and Marija.
(b) Why the entire world has had to pay so much, and is still paying, for some folks' unhappiness.
(c) Whether she can take Marija back to Africa.
(d) Whether Sissie will ever be able to work in Germany.

3. Who is called Little Adolph?
(a) Marija's father.
(b) Sissie's camp leader.
(c) Sissie's boyfriend.
(d) Marija's son.

4. 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) Eight o'clock at night.
(d) Seven o'clock at night.

5. What does Marija do when Sissie shivers?
(a) She gives Sissie her jacket.
(b) She starts a fire.
(c) She turns up the thermostat.
(d) She offers to bring her a sweater.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people are in attendance at the dinner in the opening chapter of the novel?

3. What did the doctor say during Little Adolph's birth?

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

5. What can Sissie not understand?

(see the answer key)

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