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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Julius characterize Saidu’s narrative?
(a) Like a unblocked aquifer.
(b) Like an avalanche of information.
(c) Like a cautious testimony.
(d) Like a trickle of information.

2. What does Julius not end up having to tell the woman he has sex with in Brussels?
(a) I could really care for you.
(b) This cannot happen again.
(c) I want to see you again.
(d) Whether he thought the night was good or bad.

3. What does Julius reflect on, after seeing the film The Last King of Scotland?
(a) His desire to be spared the knowledge of horrors.
(b) His desire to know the world on any terms necessary.
(c) His desire to gain power over people who perform horrific acts.
(d) His desire to make sacrifices to right historical wrongs.

4. What kind of luck does Julius have in finding his oma while in Brussels?
(a) He finds her number, but never hears back when he leaves a message.
(b) He gives up when he fails to find a listing for her in any phone books.
(c) He hears back from her, but they never connect on account of scheduling issues.
(d) He follows numerous leads throughout the city, and never contacts her.

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

6. 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 stick.
(c) A measuring tape.
(d) A string.

7. What does Dr. Maillotte tell Julius she thinks about Ghanaians?
(a) That they are arrogant.
(b) That they are lazy.
(c) That they are genial.
(d) That they are shifty.

8. What does Julius say explains the sense of hermeticism in the paintings of John Brewster?
(a) Brewster’s patron’s demands.
(b) The artistic standard of the times.
(c) Brewster’s depression.
(d) Brewster’s deafness.

9. How does Nadège’s limp affect Julius, when he joins her on a trip to the immigrant detention facility?
(a) It makes him have compassion for Nadège’s experiences.
(b) It makes him think of an illness he had suffered through.
(c) It makes him think of a girl he went to school with.
(d) It makes him think of migrating birds.

10. What is the main impression Julius gives of the dream he has at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Belonging.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Fear.
(d) Panic.

11. What is it about Farouq that surprises Julius?
(a) Farouq’s ambition.
(b) Farouq’s conscientiousness.
(c) Farouq’s sense of humor.
(d) Farouq’s intellect.

12. What was Julius’ friend Dr. Saito’s field of study?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) English literature.
(d) History.

13. What does Dr. Maillotte, Julius’ seat partner, envy about Julius?
(a) His appetite.
(b) His patience.
(c) His short legs.
(d) His ability to fall asleep.

14. What does Julius say his study at the hospital shows a correlation between?
(a) Exercise and depression.
(b) Diet and heart disease.
(c) Depression and suicide.
(d) Strokes and depression.

15. What is Julius’ (unnamed) friend’s field of expertise?
(a) Literature.
(b) History.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Earth sciences.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Dr. Maillotte done her medical training?

2. What hospital does Julius work at?

3. What is Julius treating M. for?

4. What is the “halo” Julius sees around Dr. Saito’s head comprised of (11)?

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

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