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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 Sissie notice is like the color of pig parts?
(a) The sidewalks.
(b) The crowd of people going and going.
(c) The European sky.
(d) Her hostess.

2. What is Sissie's Christian name?
(a) Mary.
(b) Alexandra.
(c) Grace.
(d) Martha.

3. What does Sissie wish to be?
(a) A man.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A nun.
(d) A president's wife.

4. According to the novel, what is not a child's game?
(a) Being a woman.
(b) Growing up.
(c) Filing taxes.
(d) Learning a foreign language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marija have in her garden?

2. Who takes Sissie to visit her teacher training college?

3. According to Sissie, what do the "Been-tos" lie about?

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

5. What does the novel say about African names?

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