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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the source of the dissonance in the organ music in Notre Dame?
(a) A workman’s power tools.
(b) A vacuum cleaner.
(c) A floor waxing machine.
(d) A workman’s boom box.

4. What is the white man teaching the Asian woman in the diner where Julius sees them in Chapter 18?
(a) Latin.
(b) English.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Calculus.

5. Where does Julius find out most Africans in Brussels actually come from?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Rwanda.
(c) Swaziland.
(d) South Africa.

6. What does Julius say the Statue of Liberty served as until 1902?
(a) An immigration processing center.
(b) A detention center.
(c) A tourist destination.
(d) A lighthouse.

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

8. What does Julius say the snow-covered city makes him feel in Chapter 14?
(a) Levitation.
(b) Soporific.
(c) Depression.
(d) Stagnation.

9. What does the fine weather on the day of the picnic in Central Park make Julius recall?
(a) The day he saved a boy’s life in Lagos.
(b) The day he said goodbye to Nadège.
(c) The time he visited with his friend in Brussels.
(d) The time he saved a woman from falling construction barriers.

10. When Julius sees a bust of poet Paul Claudel, what aspect of Claudel’s legacy does Julius think time will redeem?
(a) Claudel’s writings about Africans.
(b) Claudel’s treatment of his parents.
(c) Claudel’s collaboration with the Nazis.
(d) Claudel’s financial woes.

11. What is the man doing in the subway cars, when Julius notices him on the 18th anniversary of his father’s burial?
(a) Looking for fare-cheats.
(b) Inspecting the air conditioning.
(c) Inspecting the lights.
(d) Changing the ads.

12. What is most of the news about, that Julius reads to Dr. Saito?
(a) Iran.
(b) North Korea.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Palestine.

13. 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 assistant’s kind words.
(c) The tailor’s patient listening.
(d) The tailor’s words of advice.

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

15. What does Julius forget to take to his appointment with his accountant in Chapter 13?
(a) His ID card.
(b) His tax forms.
(c) His pen.
(d) His checkbook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Julius characterize Moji and Lise-Anne, respectively?

2. How long after Julius’ visit to Dr. Saito does Julius get a call saying that Dr. Saito has died?

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

4. What is the state of Dr. Saito’s mind when Julius goes to visit him in Chapter 15?

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

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