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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why won't Libor do anything for Emmy's grandson?
(a) The police are doing more than Libor can do.
(b) Libor says there is no point in doing anything.
(c) The grandson brought the attack upon himself.
(d) Libor stopped working for causes a long time ago.

2. Where does Sam go after he stops at his son's place?
(a) His ex-wife's apartment.
(b) The Classics Department at Oxford.
(c) The Religion Department at Oxford.
(d) Blaise's apartment.

3. How does Julian cause Libor to cry?
(a) Julian tells Libor about his dying mother.
(b) Julian asks Libor about Emmy.
(c) Julian asks Libor about his and Maltie's daughter.
(d) Julian tells Libor about his affair with Tyler.

4. What does Hephzibah suggest Julian do as assistant curator?
(a) Canvass some of the prominent Jews in London on their opinion about the museum.
(b) Do some fund raising.
(c) Catalog all the incoming donations of memorabilia.
(d) Think about what else the museum should highlight.

5. What happens to an Arab man, woman and child on a bus?
(a) They are arrested for eating on the bus.
(b) Meryer Abramsky shoots them.
(c) They are forced to move from their ancestral home in Palestine.
(d) They are bullied by some Israeli soldiers.

6. What did Julian do when the beautiful girl asked him to paint her face?
(a) He refuses.
(b) He paints her with zebra stripes.
(c) He made her a clown.
(d) He paints her blood red.

7. Where does Julian go on this particular morning in this chapter?
(a) The zoo.
(b) A sleezy motel.
(c) The park.
(d) A pub.

8. What does Libor say Julian is cruel to do?
(a) Refuse to visit Alfredo.
(b) Doubt Hephzibah.
(c) Refuse to help Julian's daughter through college.
(d) Tell Libor about Tyler.

9. How is Hephzibah feeling as she walks to the museum a week after the play?
(a) At the end of her tether.
(b) Annoyed with Sam's attentions.
(c) Happy that Julian is calming down about Sam.
(d) Annoyed with Julian's aloofness.

10. What happens to Meryer Abramsky and his family?
(a) They are ejected from a settlement.
(b) They are killed in a bus bombing.
(c) They are killed in a train bombing.
(d) They are refused entry into Israel.

11. What does Julian ask Hephzibah about Jews?
(a) If Jews all want to have a Jewish state.
(b) If Jews truly accept gentiles who convert.
(c) If Jews feel superior to others.
(d) If there is a special bond between Jews.

12. Why does Hephzibah feel paranoid?
(a) Because of Julian's close questioning.
(b) Because of Sam showing up daily at the musem.
(c) Because a Jewish boy is beaten down the street from the museum.
(d) Because of the loss in the vandalism.

13. For what is Julian to blame?
(a) That Julian does not realize Libor is upset when they are on the train.
(b) That Libor and Alfredo do not know each other.
(c) That Alfredo would not take the initiative to help an old man.
(d) That Libor is lonely.

14. About what does Julian talk to both Sam and Libor to gain their opinions?
(a) Converting to Judaism.
(b) Circumcision.
(c) The situation in Palestine.
(d) The problem of Jewish pain.

15. What did Maldie believe about Libor?
(a) He is not very strong.
(b) He feels too deeply.
(c) He is an intelligent man but has no heart.
(d) He is an exceptional man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sam encounter as he prowls the streets?

2. What interrupts Julian's nap?

3. Why do Hephzibah and Sam say Kaddish for Libor?

4. Why might Immanuel be arrested?

5. Why does Julian stay overnight in the hospital?

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