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

2. What does Julius say he is more likely to do in the months of March, April and May?
(a) Put in long hours at work.
(b) Seek out the company of others.
(c) Visit museums.
(d) Travel.

3. What does Julius tell his friend he wanted from Dr. Saito in Chapter 15?
(a) Advice on his career.
(b) Words of wisdom.
(c) A cry for help.
(d) A place in his will.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Julius say he was when his driver hit and killed a girl?

2. Why does Julius say he avoided visiting Dr. Saito again while he was dying?

3. Who is in the shop Julius stop into in Chinatown in Chapter 16?

4. How does Julius characterize his feeling when he is watching the marching band in Chinatown in Chapter 16?

5. Where is there an explosion, in the dream Julius has in the beginning of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Julius know about Dr. Saito’s relationship history, and how does he know it?

3. What was the last time before his fathers funeral that Julius says that he had seen a dead body?

4. Chapter 11 marks the end of “Part 1: Death is a perfection of the eye.” In what way is this title appropriate to the first 11 chapters?

5. How does Julius respond when his friend’s girlfriend Lise-Anne asks him about the most humorous cases he had seen among the mentally ill?

6. What is the leap in time and setting that has taken place between chapters 20 and 21?

7. How does Julius react to Dr. Saito’s death?

8. What odd scene does Julius witness in the diner, where someone is learning Chinese?

9. What is it that Julius says cut him to the quick when he was talking with Dr. Maillotte over dinner?

10. What is Julius’ state of mind while he is reading the newspaper to Dr. Saito?

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