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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. From where specifically do the Presidents of the North govern?
(a) Provence, Geneva, and Milan.
(b) Ireland and England.
(c) Germany and Switzerland.
(d) Barcelona and Madrid.

2. What is heresy, according to the novel?
(a) For a woman to marry as a teenager.
(b) For a woman to work outside of the home.
(c) For a woman to not have children.
(d) For a woman to want to be away from her child.

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

4. At what age was Sissie enrolled in foreign education?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 18 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 8 years.

5. Who thinks that the Germans are oppressed?
(a) The German-born American professor of Humanities.
(b) Marija.
(c) Sissie.
(d) The Scottish woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sissie say about last-minute goodbyes?

2. According to one of the novel's characters, who uses the road everyday?

3. What does Marija ask Sissie?

4. What does Sissie think that Marija's tears signify?

5. Who paved the road from the Ghana border to Ouagadougou?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marija give Sissie before she departs?

2. Who tells Sissie that going out late is against the rules?

3. How does Sissie describe East Berlin?

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

5. How much weight does Sissie gain when in Europe?

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

7. Where does Sissie stay in London?

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

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

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

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