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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. At what time do Sissie and the other campers refer from the pine nursery?
(a) Between seven and eight o'clock.
(b) Between one and two o'clock.
(c) Between nine and ten o'clock.
(d) Between two and three o'clock.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "das Schwartze Mädchen" mean?

2. What does Sissie say about the train station?

3. Where do Marija and Sissie walk?

4. What does the novel say about God's own babies?

5. According to the novel, what do Africans and Indians share?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part of Africa does Sissie liken to the "bowels of the earth" (11)?

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

3. How does Sissie describe the color of the individuals in Germany?

4. What does the narrator claim that power decides?

5. What drink does Sissie encounter for the first time in Europe?

6. What is the most dangerous type of black person, according to Part 1: "Into a Bad Dream?"

7. What is Sissie's father's position?

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

9. What was Sissie's Christian name?

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

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