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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julius say he felt comforted by when he went to the tailor’s shop to get clothes for his father’s funeral?
(a) The tailor’s hands on him.
(b) The tailor’s patient listening.
(c) The tailor’s words of advice.
(d) The tailor’s assistant’s kind words.

2. What is Julius’ relationship to Moji Kasali?
(a) She is his one-time best friend’s older sister.
(b) She is a woman he met on the subway.
(c) She is a student from his school in Nigeria.
(d) She is a student from his medical studies.

3. What is the wound that Julius says Farouq carries?
(a) Having to fund his own way through school.
(b) Having been forced out of his homeland.
(c) Having his dissertation declined.
(d) Having been discriminated against.

4. What was the subject of the cantatas Julius had heard at Lincoln Center, before coming to visit Dr. Saito?
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tea.
(d) Tulips.

5. What does Julius say his generation is the first generation not to be familiar with?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Death in childbirth.
(c) Mass death.
(d) Corruption.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Julius say he avoided visiting Dr. Saito again while he was dying?

2. How does Julius characterize his grandfather’s status in Nigeria?

3. Where does Julius see Chinese women dancing, after seeing his accountant?

4. How does Moji say Julius acted in the days and weeks after he forced himself on her?

5. Where does Julius find out most Africans in Brussels actually come from?

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