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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 is Julius’ field of practice?
(a) Geriatrics.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Oncology.
(d) Psychiatry.

2. How old is the Czechoslovakian tourist Julius has a one-night encounter with?
(a) 55.
(b) 40.
(c) 50.
(d) 28.

3. What is Dr. Maillotte’s field of medicine?
(a) Epidemiology.
(b) Gastrointestinal surgery.
(c) Oncology.
(d) Gerontology.

4. What does Julius say he associated classical music with?
(a) Clouds over the city.
(b) His patients.
(c) Traffic in the city streets.
(d) Migrating geese.

5. How much vacation time does Julius use for his trip to Brussels?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) More than three weeks.
(d) Ten days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Saidu have to invent, in order to get a passport?

2. What is the “halo” Julius sees around Dr. Saito’s head comprised of (11)?

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

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

5. What is Julius treating M. for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What stereotype does Dr. Maillotte, the woman who sits next to Julius on the plane to Brussels, hold about Nigerians, and how does Julius respond to her cast-typing?

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

4. What made the detained immigrant Saidu leave Liberia?

5. What importance does Heliopolis hold, in the conversation between Julius and Dr. Maillotte?

6. Who does Julius imagine he sees, as he enters Brussels?

7. What does Julius contemplate doing when he thinks about his patient, M., at the boat basin behind the World Financial Center?

8. What are Julius’ thoughts on the weather and global warming?

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

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

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