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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the novel, what is not a child's game?
2. Why is Marija happy that Little Adolph is a boy?
3. According to Sissie, where does the oppressed multiple think that salvation comes from?
4. To what country does the novel not claim that Sissie has been?
5. How is Kunle killed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Part 2: "The Plums" say about education?
2. According to a poem in Part 2: "The Plums," what shape are the women that men marry?
3. Who does Marija say might one day visit Africa?
4. What does the German-born American professor tell Sissie that Germany, Ireland, and Africa have in common?
5. According to Sissie, what would have allowed her and Marija to have a love affair?
6. What does Marija give Sissie before she departs?
7. What city does Marija claim that Sissie ought to visit?
8. To what city does Sissie travel to meet her West African friend?
9. What type of cake does Marija bake for Sissie?
10. How does Sissie describe East Berlin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The story is told from Sissie's perspective. Write an essay in which you evaluate the author's decision on relating the story from Sissie's perspective, and whether another character's perspective would have been equally compelling.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you analyze how the author presents food in the novel. What does Sissie think of the food she encounters in her travels? How is food representative of a culture? Consider the various ways in which the author uses food as a recurring theme, and try to adduce evidence from several of the novel's sections.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay evaluating Sisseis's self-confidence as it is portrayed in the novel. Is Sissie a self-confident character? Why or why not? Use evidence from the text to support your response.
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