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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Julius say his father’s people reacted to Julius’ father’s death?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Indifferently.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Hysterically.

2. Where does Julius find out most Africans in Brussels actually come from?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Swaziland.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Rwanda.

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

4. What does Dr. Maillotte say the actual ethnic composition of Brussels is?
(a) 40% Walloon, 40% Flemish, and 20% Arab and African.
(b) 95% Walloon, 1% Flemish, and 4% Arab and African.
(c) 48% Walloon, 48% Flemish, and 4% % Arab and African.
(d) 75%Walloon, 21% Flemish and 4% Arab and African.

5. What is it that Farouq spends a good deal of time and thought trying to protect, intellectually?
(a) The possibility of cultural unification.
(b) The promise of cultural assimilation.
(c) The concept of cultural difference.
(d) The hope of becoming a local, again.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Julius say his mother saw her mother, Julius’ oma?

2. What does Julius say explains the sense of hermeticism in the paintings of John Brewster?

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

4. What does the Wall Street subway station remind Julius of?

5. What does Dr. Maillotte tell Julius she thinks about Ghanaians?

(see the answer key)

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