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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julius not end up having to tell the woman he has sex with in Brussels?
(a) This cannot happen again.
(b) I could really care for you.
(c) I want to see you again.
(d) Whether he thought the night was good or bad.

2. What does Julius ransack his parents house looking for, while his mother is gone, in the childhood he remembers?
(a) Coca-Cola.
(b) Money.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Pornography.

3. What did Julius get a reputation for, after the affair of Musibau’s stolen newspaper, at the military school?
(a) Mendacity.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Fearlessness.
(d) Shiftiness.

4. What does Julius say was the true source of second-class warrant officer Musibau’s anger at him?
(a) He saw Julius as an outsider.
(b) He saw Julius as a worthless African.
(c) He saw Julius as an insubordinate soldier.
(d) He saw Julius as a colonizer.

5. What did Pierre, the bootblack who shines Julius’ shoes, used to do before he became a boot black?
(a) Policeman.
(b) Hairdresser.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Butcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Julius’ mother been born?

2. What did Saidu have to invent, in order to get a passport?

3. What is the state of Dr. Saito’s mind when Julius goes to visit him in Chapter 15?

4. Who is in the shop Julius stop into in Chinatown in Chapter 16?

5. How does Julius’ friend respond to the fact that the “tree of heaven” is an invasive species (179)?

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