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

2. How long were Sissie and her twin in the womb?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 10 months.
(d) 6 months.

3. Who paved the road from the Ghana border to Ouagadougou?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The English.
(c) The French.
(d) Sissie.

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

5. What beverage does Marija offer Sissie?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Orange soda.
(c) Kombucha.
(d) Tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sissie say about her and Marija's love?

2. What does Sissie tell Marija is not sound?

3. To what country does the novel not claim that Sissie has been?

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

5. What does Sissie want to ask somebody?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Part 2: "The Plums" say about love?

2. What is the name of the relative of Sissie's West African friend whom she meets?

3. To what city does Sissie travel to meet her West African friend?

4. What does Part 2: "The Plums" claim is not a child's game?

5. To which cities in Germany does Sissie plan to travel after he stay in Bavaria?

6. What does the German-born American professor tell Sissie that Germany, Ireland, and Africa have in common?

7. What meat does Marija plan to cook for Sissie on the day she is scheduled to depart?

8. According to a poem in Part 2: "The Plums," what shape are the women that men marry?

9. What does Part 2: "The Plums" say about education?

10. What beverage does Marija offer Sissie in Part 2: "The Plums?"

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