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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Saidu to flee his country?
(a) His home was shelled, and he was threatened with death if he stayed.
(b) His family had died in the war, and he was pressed to work for the army.
(c) His parents saw the war coming when he was a child and left in advance.
(d) The economic collapse made it impossible to find work.

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

3. How old is Julius?
(a) 32.
(b) 28.
(c) 38.
(d) 22.

4. How does Nadège’s limp affect Julius, when he joins her on a trip to the immigrant detention facility?
(a) It makes him have compassion for Nadège’s experiences.
(b) It makes him think of migrating birds.
(c) It makes him think of a girl he went to school with.
(d) It makes him think of an illness he had suffered through.

5. How does Julius describe the expression of the Welcomers when they get to the immigrant detention facility?
(a) Patient.
(b) Beatific.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is V.’s book about?

2. How much does Julius say he carries around his patients’ experiences and stories?

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

4. What is Julius’ status in the hospital?

5. What is the “halo” Julius sees around Dr. Saito’s head comprised of (11)?

(see the answer key)

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