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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moji say she actively worries about, during the picnic in Central Park?
(a) The environment.
(b) The climate.
(c) The economy.
(d) The inner cities.

2. What animal does Dr. Saito say he is ready to come for him in Chapter 15?
(a) The vultures.
(b) The crows.
(c) The dogs.
(d) The lions.

3. How long after Julius’ visit to Dr. Saito does Julius get a call saying that Dr. Saito has died?
(a) A few days.
(b) Several weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) A week.

4. Where does Julius see Chinese women dancing, after seeing his accountant?
(a) The Bowery.
(b) Bowling Green.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Wall Street.

5. What kind of music does the band play, that marches past the store where Julius stops in Chinatown in Chapter 16?
(a) A fugue.
(b) A dirge.
(c) A jazz classic.
(d) A march.

6. Who wrote the cantatas Julius had heard at Lincoln Center, before coming to visit Dr. Saito?
(a) Bach.
(b) Rachmaninov.
(c) Stravinsky.
(d) Tchaikovsky.

7. What does Julius say he is more likely to do in the months of March, April and May?
(a) Travel.
(b) Put in long hours at work.
(c) Visit museums.
(d) Seek out the company of others.

8. Where does Julius set up his private practice?
(a) East 88th street.
(b) West 21st street.
(c) East 39th street.
(d) Christopher street.

9. How does Julius characterize his feeling when he is watching the marching band in Chinatown in Chapter 16?
(a) At home.
(b) Disturbed.
(c) Disoriented.
(d) Dreamy.

10. What does Dr. Saito die of?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Heart attack.

11. How old does Julius say his father was when he died?
(a) 72.
(b) 49.
(c) 58.
(d) 64.

12. How does Moji say Julius acted in the days and weeks after he forced himself on her?
(a) He acted as if it had not happened.
(b) He was guilty and tried to apologize.
(c) He was aggressive and out of control.
(d) He was sullen with flashes of anger.

13. What does Julius say is the greatest trial Dr. Saito has endured?
(a) Racism.
(b) Bereavement.
(c) Homophobia.
(d) Bedbugs.

14. How does Julius regard the Africans he sees in Chapter 11, once he finds out where they really come from?
(a) Spitefully.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Joyously.
(d) Suspiciously.

15. How does Julius characterize his personality during the picnic in Central Park?
(a) Proud and arrogant.
(b) Disingenuous and hard-hearted.
(c) Shifty and duplicitous.
(d) Fundamentally indecisive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Moji say she has told about the time Julius forced himself on her?

2. What is Moji reading during her picnic in Central Park with Julius and his friend and his friend’s girlfriend Lise-Anne?

3. Where is there an explosion, in the dream Julius has in the beginning of Chapter 15?

4. What is Julius’ response to Moji telling him that he forced himself on her when they were young?

5. What does Julius say the snow-covered city makes him feel in Chapter 14?

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