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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what are beautiful black bodies turned?
(a) Elephant-grey corpses.
(b) Noticeably skinny bodies.
(c) Ugly white bodies.
(d) Ugly black bodies.

2. When do these Presidents visit Africa?
(a) At the first of each month.
(b) Once, at the beginning of their presidency.
(c) On weekends.
(d) For the holidays.

3. What does Kunle say about the heart transplant?
(a) It can solve the question of apartheid.
(b) It disgusts him.
(c) It makes him want to become a doctor.
(d) He doesn't believe it is true.

4. Who receives the heart transplant discussed in the novel?
(a) A dying white man.
(b) An infant..
(c) Sissie's friend.
(d) A dying African man.

5. Why can Sissie not join Marija for lunch with her husband?
(a) She is leaving on a train.
(b) Her camping group has plans.
(c) She refuses to meet Marija's husband.
(d) Her friends will be in town.

6. Where do the self-exiled Ghanaian fishermen live?
(a) In the United States.
(b) On the east coast of Africa.
(c) On the west coast of Africa.
(d) In Morocco.

7. How is Sissie known locally?
(a) The African Goddess.
(b) The Lady Sissie.
(c) Her Highness.
(d) The African Miss.

8. What types of letters does Sissie send to her mother?
(a) Shamefully expurgated letters.
(b) Homesick letters.
(c) Sissie does not write home.
(d) Long letters.

9. What happens to Kunle's heart?
(a) It is donated to a lab in America.
(b) It is engulfed in flames.
(c) It is donated to a Christian doctor.
(d) It is donated to an African doctor.

10. What does Marija tell Sissie that she wishes?
(a) That she were better educated.
(b) That she had a baby girl.
(c) That she were happier.
(d) That she could move to Africa.

11. Why does a Scottish woman claim kinship with Sissie?
(a) They both have the best world leaders.
(b) They both had chiefs that fought one another when an invader marched in.
(c) They both have savoury cuisine.
(d) They both love bagpipe music.

12. What is heresy, according to the novel?
(a) For a woman to not have children.
(b) For a woman to want to be away from her child.
(c) For a woman to marry as a teenager.
(d) For a woman to work outside of the home.

13. What does Marija tell Sissie is in Munich?
(a) Shopping and food.
(b) Music and museums.
(c) Dancing and nightclubs.
(d) Wildlife and hiking.

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

15. According to Sissie, what do African students need to travel?
(a) Luck.
(b) Rich parents.
(c) Family abroad.
(d) Wanderlust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who thinks that the Germans are oppressed?

2. What did every black man and woman in London claim to be?

3. How long were Sissie and her twin in the womb?

4. What beverage does Marija offer Sissie?

5. How many children does Marija plan to have?

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