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

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

3. What rule does Julius break, in the memory he recalls in Chapter 10 from having been left at home?
(a) Not to go outside till his homework is done.
(b) Not to swim without supervision.
(c) Not to drink the soft drinks.
(d) Not to go to town alone.

4. What does the Wall Street subway station remind Julius of?
(a) A catacomb.
(b) A mall.
(c) A bomb shelter.
(d) A cathedral.

5. How does Julius describe sex with this tourist whose name he does not know?
(a) Something she tolerated.
(b) Something he needed to do.
(c) Something she gave him.
(d) Something he was hungry for.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pierre, the bootblack who shines Julius’ shoes, used to do before he became a boot black?

2. What does Julius say fatigues him about boarding the plane?

3. What is Julius’ status in the hospital?

4. What does Julius ransack his parents house looking for, while his mother is gone, in the childhood he remembers?

5. What does Dr. Maillotte say the actual ethnic composition of Brussels is?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the book's beginning, why does the narrator says that he goes for long walks?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Julius react to the waitress who brings him his coffee in the café in Grand Sablon?

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

8. How does Julius explain his split with Nadège?

9. What is Julius’ relationship with his oma like?

10. How does Julius describe his encounter with the Czechoslovakian tourist he meets in the café?

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