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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. Who cries at de Gaulle's death?
2. What is heresy, according to the novel?
3. What does Marija do when Sissie shivers?
4. According to the novel, what time do day's activities end?
5. What does Sissie notice about Marija's fingers on her breast?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Marija say might one day visit Africa?
2. According to a poem in Part 2: "The Plums," what shape are the women that men marry?
3. What does Part 2: "The Plums" say about education?
4. What meat does Marija plan to cook for Sissie on the day she is scheduled to depart?
5. Who tells Sissie that going out late is against the rules?
6. How does Sissie describe East Berlin?
7. What beverage does Marija offer Sissie in Part 2: "The Plums?"
8. What city does Marija claim that Sissie ought to visit?
9. How much weight does Sissie gain when in Europe?
10. What country other than Ghana does Sissie tell Marija she has visited?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay in which you address the role of names in the novel. In your essay, consider what are the major and secondary characters' names, what other names are presented, how characters relate to other people's names, and how names are related to identity.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about how colonialism is represented in the novel. In your essay, address which countries are listed as colonizers, what areas they have colonized, and how this activity is portrayed within the novel. Use textual evidence to support your observations.
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