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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Marija and Sissie eat during Sissie's first visit?
(a) Tea and toast.
(b) Crackers and Cheese.
(c) Watermelon.
(d) Coffee and cookies.

2. What purpose does the castle now serve?
(a) It is a five-star restaurant.
(b) It is a youth hostel.
(c) It is an ice cream shop.
(d) It is an auto repair shop.

3. Where does Sissie fly to?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) Accra.
(c) Lagos.
(d) Cotonou.

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

5. What does the "academic-pseudo-intellectual version" (6) talk about?
(a) The Gross National Product.
(b) Global warming.
(c) The Gini Coefficient.
(d) The Marginal Cost Curve.

6. What is Sissie's reaction to white people?
(a) She thinks they look like aliens.
(b) She thinks they are intimidating.
(c) She finds them attractive.
(d) It makes her want to vomit.

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

8. What does the novel say about God's own babies?
(a) They cannot pay for Medicare.
(b) They only include whites.
(c) They only include blacks.
(d) They are hypocritical.

9. What does Marija say about Indians?
(a) They are very generous.
(b) She worries about their health.
(c) They are excellent cooks.
(d) She likes them very much.

10. What does the doctor tell Sissie about Ghanainan doctors?
(a) Their prices are extortionate.
(b) There are as many of them practicing in Germany.
(c) They are well-trained.
(d) They are incompetent.

11. Why can not all Europeans go abroad?
(a) Some are too young.
(b) Some are too poor.
(c) Not all are smart enough.
(d) There are too many applications.

12. At what time do Sissie and the other campers refer from the pine nursery?
(a) Between seven and eight o'clock.
(b) Between one and two o'clock.
(c) Between two and three o'clock.
(d) Between nine and ten o'clock.

13. What does "Sissie" mean?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Sally.
(c) Sissina.
(d) Sister.

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

15. What does Sissie think that Sammy's voice sounds like?
(a) Harsh and cruel.
(b) Soft and meek.
(c) Wet with longing.
(d) High and feminine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marija have when she first meets Sissie?

2. According to the novel, what is necessary to be heaven-worthy individual?

3. What sorts of professions do the volunteers become?

4. What does the novel say about limbs and senses?

5. What is Sissie's Christian name?

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