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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where did Marija's West Indian neighbor and his wife move?
(a) Boston.
(b) Canada.
(c) Africa.
(d) Australia.

2. Which of the following is performed by Sissie and her fellow volunteers?
(a) Rake leaves.
(b) Donate blood.
(c) Build schoolhouses.
(d) Cover up the bases and stems of pine seedlings.

3. With whom does the airplane hostess assume that Sissie is travelling?
(a) Another African girl.
(b) An Indian man.
(c) A white man.
(d) Two Nigerian men.

4. Who is "The-Bringer-of-Goodies-After-Lights-Out"?
(a) Adolph.
(b) Gustavus.
(c) Sissie.
(d) Gertie.

5. What, according to the novel, do Sissie and the volunteers do most?
(a) Eat.
(b) Sing.
(c) Work.
(d) Dance.

6. What sort of things do Sissie and the other campers eat?
(a) Pancakes and french toast.
(b) Spaghetti and meatballs.
(c) Blueberries, yogurt, and strawberries.
(d) Fresh potatoes, German goulash, cheese, and sauerkraut.

7. According to the novel, what are the middle-class European kids unused to?
(a) Manual labor.
(b) Social activities.
(c) Eating lavishly.
(d) Feeling useful.

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

9. What does Sissie ask the doctor from Göttingen?
(a) Whether he is rich.
(b) Whether he is English.
(c) Whether he is married.
(d) Whether they needed him in Europe as badly.

10. According to the novel, what do Africans and Indians share?
(a) A common cuisine.
(b) A common religion.
(c) A common language.
(d) A common heritage.

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

12. Where does Sissie first notice differences in human coloring?
(a) In Nigeria.
(b) In Barcelona.
(c) In Ghana.
(d) At the train station in Frankfurt.

13. Which is true about the promises made by Sissie and Marija?
(a) They are well-intentioned.
(b) They would not be kept.
(c) Marija is grateful for them.
(d) They are stifling to Sissie.

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

15. What does the novel liken to arguing with another black person?
(a) Cribbage.
(b) A game of solitaire.
(c) A chess game.
(d) Russian roullete

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sissie's Christian name?

2. What is the second course of the meal described in Part 2?

3. How long has the cream of asparagus soup remained in a tin can?

4. What do the Bavarian women call the volunteers?

5. What do plums and Sissie NOT have in common?

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