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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 Dr. Maillotte say the actual ethnic composition of Brussels is?
(a) 95% Walloon, 1% Flemish, and 4% Arab and African.
(b) 40% Walloon, 40% Flemish, and 20% Arab and African.
(c) 75%Walloon, 21% Flemish and 4% Arab and African.
(d) 48% Walloon, 48% Flemish, and 4% % Arab and African.

2. How does Julius say he sees the other people who are around when he is in the atrium above the Wall Street subway station?
(a) As kindly domesticated animals.
(b) As life-size mannequins.
(c) As dangerous animals.
(d) As robots.

3. What did Saidu have to invent, in order to get a passport?
(a) A birthdate.
(b) A nationality.
(c) A home town.
(d) A name.

4. What is the “halo” Julius sees around Dr. Saito’s head comprised of (11)?
(a) Polynesian masks.
(b) Renaissance prints.
(c) Ancient swords.
(d) Family photos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Wall Street subway station remind Julius of?

2. What does Julius say explains the sense of hermeticism in the paintings of John Brewster?

3. How much vacation time does Julius use for his trip to Brussels?

4. What is the first thing Saidu asks Julius when he meets him at the immigrant detention facility?

5. What does Julius not end up having to tell the woman he has sex with in Brussels?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the scene Julius remembers from Dr. Gupta’s house, while he is watching The Last King of Scotland?

4. What does Nadège’s limp make Julius think about, and what does it make him see about Nadège?

5. What are Farouq’s two projects?

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

7. 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?

8. What does Julius say his work requires of him, and what does he say he enjoys about it?

9. How does Julius explain his split with Nadège?

10. How does the incident in which Musibau accused Julius of stealing his paper ultimately work in Julius’ favor?

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