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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does power decide, according to the novel?
(a) Who will win the presidential election.
(b) Who is to live and die.
(c) When Sissie will return to Africa.
(d) Whether Sissie will marry her boyfriend.

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

3. How old are the Bavarian peasants who work in the garden?
(a) Middle-aged.
(b) Elderly.
(c) Teenagers.
(d) Young adults.

4. For Sissie, what do desserts represent?
(a) A mark of the leisured class.
(b) Her favorite meal.
(c) Overindulgence.
(d) Her childhood.

5. Who takes Sissie to visit her teacher training college?
(a) Gertie.
(b) Jayn.
(c) Marilyn.
(d) Sammy.

6. What does the Indian from Göttingen tell Sissie about himself and her?
(a) They are bound for greatness.
(b) They are meant to be together.
(c) They will never return to their homelands.
(d) They are victims of their history.

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

8. What does the novel say about African names?
(a) They are heathen.
(b) They are foolish.
(c) They are beautiful.
(d) They are confusing.

9. What does "das Schwartze Mädchen" mean?
(a) The lovely maiden.
(b) The black girl.
(c) The ugly maiden.
(d) The Indian girl.

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

11. What do plums and Sissie NOT have in common?
(a) Being a rare article.
(b) Feeling free.
(c) Youthfulness.
(d) Wisdom.

12. According to the novel, what is necessary to be heaven-worthy individual?
(a) A dog.
(b) A loyal spouse.
(c) A Christian name.
(d) Wealth.

13. Which of the following is NOT a project undertaken by Sissie's missionary group?
(a) Digging a well.
(b) Repairing a road.
(c) Building a bird house.
(d) Building a school block.

14. What does Marija have in her garden?
(a) Fruit trees.
(b) Lilacs.
(c) Roses.
(d) Tiger lilies.

15. What does Sissie say about power?
(a) It is all anything is about.
(b) It is not real.
(c) It is overrated.
(d) She wants it all for herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Sissie say about God?

2. What does the "academic-pseudo-intellectual version" (6) talk about?

3. What color do Bavarian ladies wear?

4. Where does Sissie fly to?

5. What does the novel claim about the English language?

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