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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 Nadège tell Julius when he calls her with news of Dr. Saito’s death?
(a) She tells him that she wants him back.
(b) She tells him she is engaged.
(c) She tells him she will come back for the funeral.
(d) She tells him she is sorry to hear that.

2. What is most of the news about, that Julius reads to Dr. Saito?
(a) Palestine.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Iran.
(d) North Korea.

3. Why would Julius have thought that the Africans in Brussels all came from this one place in Chapter 11?
(a) Because Belgium had agreed to resettle refugees from the civil war there.
(b) Because of Belgium’s colonial relationship with that country.
(c) Because Belgium had adopted an open borders policy for refugees.
(d) Because of Belgium’s selective immigration policies.

4. When did trading in slaves become a capital crime in the U.S.?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1808.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1777.

5. How does Julius characterize his feeling while he reads the news to Dr. Saito?
(a) Engagement.
(b) Detachment.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Indifference.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Moji say she has told about the time Julius forced himself on her?

2. What is the man doing in the subway cars, when Julius notices him on the 18th anniversary of his father’s burial?

3. On one hand, Julius says that his memory of Nigeria is mostly a blank forgetting—how does he describe the things that do stick with him from that time?

4. What does Julius forget to take to his appointment with his accountant in Chapter 13?

5. How does Julius characterize his personality during the picnic in Central Park?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Julius describe the beating he suffered at the hands of the two youth?

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

3. What experience does Julius have in Chinatown, that gives him the “disorientation and bliss” of living in his childhood self again?

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

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

7. How does Julius respond when Moji tells Julius that she has never forgotten him sexually assaulting her when they were students?

8. How does Julius characterize his trip to the tailor to get clothing for his father’s funeral?

9. How is Julius affected by V.’s death?

10. What is Julius’ reaction to meeting Moji Kasali?

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