1 What year was the novel published? 1974 1980 1977 1960 2 Aidoo was from ___. Namibia Guinea Gambia Ghana 3 Sissie travels to Europe ___. to find her family to be with a man on a scholarship for leisure 4 Where does Sissie go first? Paris London Bavaria Munich 5 How do people in Ghana view Sissie's trip? With pride With envy With disdain With confusion 6 Sissie first encounters racism ___. on the plane in Germany at the embassy at the ambassador's house 7 Sissie speaks ___. English French Spanish German 8 Sissie says people use race to ___. say who lives and who dies get land and mines and jewels justify harsh commands do all of these 9 Marija's husband and son are named ___. Ludwig Adolf Hans Boris 10 Marija thinks Sissie is ___. Indian Chinese American Russian 11 Who is the leader of Ghana? Nkrumah Lumumba Mugabe Mandela 12 When she was a child, Sissie was also called ___. Eve Anna Ruth Mary 13 "Sissie" means ___. that she is feminine that she is a child that she is like a sister that she is weak 14 Sissie says Europeans do not like ___. long African names Africans with Christian names European names African names 15 Where is Sissie working in Bavaria? A clinic A textile factory A pine nursery A fruit tree farm 16 What are the campers encouraged to do all the time? Sleep Read Eat Go to church 17 Where the campers are staying used to be a ___. church castle hospital military base 18 Sissie's favorite fruit is ___. the pear the orange the plum the apple 19 How do people feel about Sissie's Blackness when she is in Bavaria? Intrigued Confused Repulsed Indifferent 20 Which of the following best describes Marija? Angry Lonely Depressed Envious 21 Why do Marija and Sissie move their meetings? For privacy Because Marija gets a job To work with the baby's schedule For more daylight 22 What are the signs that Marija wants to seduce Sissie? Her flushed face Strangeness in her eyes Her staring at Sissie All of these 23 Which of the following is false? Marija is friends with all the village women. Marija wants to move to Africa. Marija's husband does not appear in the text. Marija works alongside the campers. 24 Marija says of Little Adolf ___. that she wishes he were a girl that she is glad he is a boy that he will be her first child but she will have more that she wishes she had never had him 25 Marija seems nervous talking about how ___. does not fit in with the village women she wants more female friends she does not really love her husband she wants alone time away from her child
