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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Marija's husband's name?
(a) Henri.
(b) Gustavus.
(c) Franz.
(d) Adolph.

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

4. At what time does Marija come to pick up Sissie for the first time?
(a) Five o'clock in the afternoon.
(b) Seven o'clock at night.
(c) Seven o'clock in the morning.
(d) Eight o'clock at night.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the novel say about limbs and senses?

2. What does power decide, according to the novel?

3. How old are the Bavarian peasants who work in the garden?

4. How much does it cost to make a baby boy?

5. What do Marija and Sissie eat during Sissie's first visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Marija live?

2. What is the profession of the Indian man whom Sissie meets?

3. How does the woman in the train station in Frankfurt refer to her Sissie when speaking to her daughter?

4. Where does Marija tell Sissie that her Indian neighbors went?

5. In what city in Germany does Sissie's plane first arrive?

6. What do Sissie and her fellow campers do for work?

7. Why do the Bavarian women with whom Sissie works wear black?

8. What was Sissie's Christian name?

9. How does the poetic cycle in Part 2: "The Plums" claim that rulers gather their wealth?

10. Where does Marija think Ghana is located?

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