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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Julius’ cabbie show his disapproval for Julius’ behavior after driving him home from the American Folk Art Museum?
(a) Overcharges him.
(b) Refuses to pick him up.
(c) Leaves him at the wrong address.
(d) Tells him not to pay.

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

4. What does Julius say he was sent to the Nigerian Military School to get?
(a) Technical training.
(b) Discipline.
(c) Medical training.
(d) A liberal arts education.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What recent event has created controversy in Brussels, when Julius arrives there?

2. Where is Saidu from?

3. How does Julius characterize his mother’s feelings about Nigeria?

4. What employment did Saidu find when he arrived in Lisbon?

5. What does Julius notice about people’s clothing, as he takes the subway around the city?

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