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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who writes letters to Kunle?
(a) Sissie.
(b) Kunle's sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) Kunle's wife.

2. According to one of the novel's characters, who uses the road everyday?
(a) The whites only.
(b) The President.
(c) Schoolchildren.
(d) Sissie's family.

3. What does Sissie want to ask somebody?
(a) Whether Sissie will ever be able to work in Germany.
(b) Why the entire world has had to pay so much, and is still paying, for some folks' unhappiness.
(c) Whether she can take Marija back to Africa.
(d) Whether there is any hope for her and Marija.

4. Where is Upper Volta?
(a) Near Canada.
(b) In South Africa.
(c) Off the coast of India.
(d) On top of Ghana.

5. What kind of cake does Marija make for Sissie?
(a) Angel food cake.
(b) German chocolate cake.
(c) Plum-cake.
(d) Ice cream cake.

6. What does Sissie refer to as a spy system?
(a) Museums.
(b) Airplanes.
(c) Awards.
(d) The subway.

7. What does Marija give Sissie before her departure?
(a) A shoebox.
(b) Her baby.
(c) A bird.
(d) A brown paper bag.

8. 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.

9. What do the wives of the ministers and commissioners drive?
(a) BMWs.
(b) Mercedes-Benzes.
(c) Jaguars.
(d) Volkswagens.

10. In what year did Rhodesia declare itself independent?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1944.

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

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

13. What does Sissie speculate is God's gift to man?
(a) Taking pleasure in hurting.
(b) Having multiple wives.
(c) Singing loudly.
(d) Watching football.

14. What do Marija's neighbours do?
(a) Bring over a cake.
(b) Sing Christmas carols.
(c) Send a dog into their garden.
(d) Spy on Marija and Sissie.

15. Why does Sissie not indulge in cake?
(a) Because she already ate dessert.
(b) Because she does not like the flavour.
(c) Because she does not trust Marija.
(d) Because she has gained ten pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sissie, what do African students need to travel?

2. On account of what do able-bodied fishermen disappear?

3. What does Marija notice about Sissie when she arrives back from a trip to the lakes and mountains?

4. At what age was Sissie enrolled in foreign education?

5. What is the result of "dying in the hands of a brother who made it" (59)?

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