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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julius think about doing in the boat basin behind the World Financial Center?
(a) Writing to his mother.
(b) Committing suicide.
(c) Returning to Nigeria.
(d) Traveling to Brussels.

2. How does Julius characterize Saidu’s narrative?
(a) Like an avalanche of information.
(b) Like a cautious testimony.
(c) Like a trickle of information.
(d) Like a unblocked aquifer.

3. What does Dr. Maillotte, Julius’ seat partner, envy about Julius?
(a) His ability to fall asleep.
(b) His appetite.
(c) His patience.
(d) His short legs.

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

5. How does Julius say his mother saw her mother, Julius’ oma?
(a) As pathetic and a little crazy.
(b) As difficult and mean-spirited.
(c) As loving and generous.
(d) As delusional.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Julius say he sees the other people who are around when he is in the atrium above the Wall Street subway station?

2. How does Julius characterize the work he does when he is redoing the lab work for the paper he has written?

3. Flying back to New York, Julius remembers having seen the city from a similar vantage point: when looking a vast scale model of the city. Where was that scale model exhibited?

4. When Julius goes to the club Le Panais, where does Julius say he thought all the Africans in Brussels were from?

5. What is Dr. Maillotte’s field of medicine?

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