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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rule does Julius break, in the memory he recalls in Chapter 10 from having been left at home?
(a) Not to drink the soft drinks.
(b) Not to go outside till his homework is done.
(c) Not to go to town alone.
(d) Not to swim without supervision.

2. What does Julius ransack his parents house looking for, while his mother is gone, in the childhood he remembers?
(a) Coca-Cola.
(b) Pornography.
(c) Money.
(d) Liquor.

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

4. What is the second of Farouq’s two projects?
(a) To start a prayer and reading society.
(b) To bring his family from home to Brussels.
(c) To invent a set of rituals for decolonization.
(d) To determine what it takes for different people to live together.

5. How old is the Czechoslovakian tourist Julius has a one-night encounter with?
(a) 55.
(b) 28.
(c) 40.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Julius say he was estranged from his mother?

2. What is Julius’ status in the hospital?

3. What issue is remarkably absent from Julius, Farouq and Khalil’s discussion of Middle East politics?

4. What does Julius say he is struck by, in Farouq’s goals?

5. What does Julius say his friend is passionate about?

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