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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 does Julius say he used to test the depth of the well at the house he grew up in in Nigeria?
(a) A stone.
(b) A string.
(c) A stick.
(d) A measuring tape.

2. At what age was Julius sent to boarding school?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 9.

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

4. Where had Dr. Maillotte done her medical training?
(a) New York.
(b) Louvain.
(c) Lagos.
(d) Berlin.

5. What is Dr. Maillotte’s connection with Eduoard Empain, who built Heliopolis in Egypt?
(a) She is descended from him.
(b) She knows his grandson.
(c) She is married to his grandson.
(d) Just that she has visited the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Julius say his field of study compares to other fields?

2. Which postmodern writer’s story about a giant, 1:1 map of New York city does Julius think about having read?

3. What effect does Julius say his curtness has on the waitress who brings him coffee in Grand Sablon?

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

5. Whose music does Julius hear that causes him to stop shopping and sit and listen in the Tower Records?

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