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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. What does the Wall Street subway station remind Julius of?
(a) A bomb shelter.
(b) A mall.
(c) A cathedral.
(d) A catacomb.

2. What does Julius say fatigues him about boarding the plane?
(a) Holding his tongue while he is interrogated by the FBI.
(b) Controlling his anger at boarding agents.
(c) Containing his heartbreak over a scared child.
(d) Remaining patient after numerous delays.

3. How does Julius’ cabbie show his disapproval for Julius’ behavior after driving him home from the American Folk Art Museum?
(a) Overcharges him.
(b) Leaves him at the wrong address.
(c) Tells him not to pay.
(d) Refuses to pick him up.

4. What hospital does Julius work at?
(a) Mt. Sinai.
(b) Cabrini.
(c) NYU Medical Center.
(d) Columbia Presbyterian.

5. What caused Saidu to flee his country?
(a) His parents saw the war coming when he was a child and left in advance.
(b) His home was shelled, and he was threatened with death if he stayed.
(c) The economic collapse made it impossible to find work.
(d) His family had died in the war, and he was pressed to work for the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rule does Julius break, in the memory he recalls in Chapter 10 from having been left at home?

2. What is the second of Farouq’s two projects?

3. How does Nadège’s limp affect Julius, when he joins her on a trip to the immigrant detention facility?

4. What is Julius treating V. for?

5. What happens to decrease the tension over the recent incident in Brussels when Julius visits?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the book's beginning, why does the narrator says that he goes for long walks?

2. What is Julius’ relationship with his oma like?

3. How does Julius describe his encounter with the Czechoslovakian tourist he meets in the café?

4. What theme emerges in the clothing Julius notices on the people all around him in his wanderings through the city at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What kind of trip does Julius make to Brussels?

6. How does Farouq surprise Julius?

7. What does Julius say his work requires of him, and what does he say he enjoys about it?

8. How does Julius react to the waitress who brings him his coffee in the café in Grand Sablon?

9. What importance does Heliopolis hold, in the conversation between Julius and Dr. Maillotte?

10. What kind of person does Julius show himself to be in the taxi he gets home from American Folk Art Museum?

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