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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Pierre, the bootblack who shines Julius’ shoes, used to do before he became a boot black?
(a) Butcher.
(b) Janitor.
(c) Hairdresser.
(d) Policeman.

2. What is Julius treating V. for?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Multiple personality disorder.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Depression.

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

4. What does Julius say he used to test the depth of the well at the house he grew up in in Nigeria?
(a) A string.
(b) A measuring tape.
(c) A stick.
(d) A stone.

5. What is Dr. Maillotte’s connection with Eduoard Empain, who built Heliopolis in Egypt?
(a) She knows his grandson.
(b) Just that she has visited the city.
(c) She is descended from him.
(d) She is married to his grandson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of weather does Julius escape when he goes into the American Folk Art Museum?

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

3. What is Julius treating M. for?

4. What does Julius say he associated classical music with?

5. What does Julius say he was sent to the Nigerian Military School to get?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Julius say his relationship with his mother is like?

2. How does Julius say he ended up at the Nigerian Military School, when his father was not a soldier?

3. What political controversy is playing out when Julius arrives in Brussels?

4. What do we know about Julius’ relationships, in this first chapter?

5. Who is V. and what is her relationship with Julius?

6. What are Farouq’s two projects?

7. What kind of person does Julius show himself to be in the taxi he gets home from American Folk Art Museum?

8. What theme emerges in the clothing Julius notices on the people all around him in his wanderings through the city at the beginning of Chapter 4?

9. What memory does the rain spur in Julius’ trip to Brussels?

10. How does Julius explain his split with Nadège?

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