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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Saidu from?
(a) Liberia.
(b) Angola.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Nigeria.

2. What is the second of Farouq’s two projects?
(a) To bring his family from home to Brussels.
(b) To start a prayer and reading society.
(c) To invent a set of rituals for decolonization.
(d) To determine what it takes for different people to live together.

3. What does Nadège tell Julius when he calls her with news of Dr. Saito’s death?
(a) She tells him that she wants him back.
(b) She tells him she will come back for the funeral.
(c) She tells him she is sorry to hear that.
(d) She tells him she is engaged.

4. What issue is remarkably absent from Julius, Farouq and Khalil’s discussion of Middle East politics?
(a) Tyrants.
(b) Murder of civilians.
(c) Oil.
(d) Civil wars.

5. What did Saidu have to invent, in order to get a passport?
(a) A home town.
(b) A birthdate.
(c) A nationality.
(d) A name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Saidu to flee his country?

2. What does the clerk at the post office share with Julius in Chapter 16?

3. What does Julius say was the true source of second-class warrant officer Musibau’s anger at him?

4. What did Pierre, the bootblack who shines Julius’ shoes, used to do before he became a boot black?

5. What does Julius tell his friend he wanted from Dr. Saito in Chapter 15?

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