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

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

3. Where does Sissie take her plane from?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Rwanda.
(d) Accra.

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

5. Who orders breakfast for Sissie's group?
(a) Sissie's mother.
(b) The flight attendant.
(c) Sissie's boyfriend.
(d) A functionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color do Bavarian ladies wear?

2. At what time does Marija come to pick up Sissie for the first time?

3. What kind of vegetable is familiar to Sissie?

4. For Sissie, what do desserts represent?

5. What does its brochure say about the Bavarian castle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Marija think Ghana is located?

2. How is God described in Part 2: "The Plums"?

3. What does Sissie claim to expect at age 30?

4. What was Sissie's Christian name?

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

6. What function does the castle in Bavaria now serve?

7. To what does the narrator liken the experience of arguing with an academic-pseudo-intellectual black person?

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

9. What is the African name featured in Part 2: "The Plums?"

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

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