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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What topic does Dr. Saito ask Julius to read the complete articles about, instead of stopping after two paragraphs?
(a) Palestinian rights.
(b) The economy.
(c) Gay marriage.
(d) Environmental activism.

2. What does Julius say his friend is passionate about?
(a) Local history.
(b) Native American culture.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Birding.

3. What position is Farouq determined to advocate in his work?
(a) That all people are individuals.
(b) That individuals can be spokespeople for their races.
(c) That people are just the face of their cultures.
(d) That history puts people in the roles it needs them to play.

4. How does Julius characterize his mother’s feelings about Nigeria?
(a) She hated it because she felt trapped there.
(b) She hated it because she did not feel at home there.
(c) She loved it but could never belong there.
(d) She loved it because she had come to belong there.

5. Julius says that the world seems to fall under Obatala’s influence: what is Obatala responsible for?
(a) Bringing harvests.
(b) Creating people.
(c) Changing the seasons.
(d) The flights of birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nadège’s relationship with Julius?

2. How old is the Czechoslovakian tourist Julius has a one-night encounter with?

3. How does Julius characterize the city when he comes out of the Wall Street subway stop?

4. What does Julius ransack his parents house looking for, while his mother is gone, in the childhood he remembers?

5. What does Julius say he associated classical music with?

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