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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 disease does Julius say killed his father?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Emphysema.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.

2. What does the local bishop say in response to the event that has created controversy in Brussels when Julius arrives there?
(a) He calls for tranquility, not retribution.
(b) He rails against the immigrants who did this.
(c) He rails against the people who did not help.
(d) He calls for retribution.

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

4. How does Julius say he and his mother responded to Julius’ father’s death?
(a) With stoic silence.
(b) With bland indifference.
(c) With fierce bickering.
(d) With wild grieving.

5. What question does Julius say he wakes up with, from his dream at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Whether he has a partner.
(b) Whether his father is still alive.
(c) Whether his mother is really calling him.
(d) Whether he is really awake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first of Farouq’s two projects?

2. What constant struggle does Julius exclaim on, after protecting the woman and her baby from the wind-blown construction barriers on rue Philippe?

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

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

5. What did Saidu have to invent, in order to get a passport?

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