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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Open City set?
(a) Long Island.
(b) New York city.
(c) Albany.
(d) New York suburbs.

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

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

4. What does Mayken, Julius’ short-term landlord for his stay in Brussels, tell him the ethnic composition of Brussels was supposed to be?
(a) All Walloon.
(b) Half Walloon, half Flemish.
(c) Equal parts Flemish, Walloon, French and immigrant.
(d) All Flemish.

5. What kind of music does Julius say he listens to?
(a) Rock.
(b) Classical.
(c) Classic rock.
(d) Jazz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Farouq spends a good deal of time and thought trying to protect, intellectually?

2. What is it about Farouq that surprises Julius?

3. What does Julius say his study at the hospital shows a correlation between?

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

5. How does Julius describe the expression of the Welcomers when they get to the immigrant detention facility?

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