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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shows a lot of interest in Sissie?
(a) The Beatles.
(b) An embassy in Europe.
(c) Her parents.
(d) The Apollo 11 astronauts.

2. Who does Marija think is Indian?
(a) The camp receptionist.
(b) Sissie's boyfriend.
(c) A Bavarian volunteer.
(d) Sissie.

3. What other foods are from the Mediterranean that Sissie encounters in Europe?
(a) Rice and beans.
(b) Apricots and pears.
(c) Potatoes and Onions.
(d) Steak and Venison.

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

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

6. What does Sissie say about the train station?
(a) That it is strangely not crowded.
(b) That it is overpriced.
(c) There are more shops therein than anywhere else in her country.
(d) That it smells bad.

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

8. What is Sammy?
(a) An African man whom Sissie meets in Europe.
(b) The prime minister of Germany.
(c) The president of France.
(d) Sissie's boyfriend.

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

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

11. What does the novel claim about the English language?
(a) It is a doubtful weapon.
(b) It is beautiful to hear.
(c) It is difficult to learn.
(d) It is an ugly language.

12. What do the Bavarian women call the volunteers?
(a) Die Shönenkinder.
(b) Die Mannes.
(c) Diese Frauen
(d) Das Boot.

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

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

15. Where does SIssie think that Ghana is?
(a) An island off of India.
(b) In Australia.
(c) Near Canada.
(d) Outside of London.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marija soften her plums?

2. Who is the Minister of Education?

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

4. Who orders breakfast for Sissie's group?

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

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