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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. Why does Julius go to Notre Dame de la Chapelle?
(a) He promised Nadège he would see it.
(b) He has always wanted to see it.
(c) He is meeting Dr. Maillotte there.
(d) He is early to meet Dr. Maillotte.

2. What does the clerk at the post office share with Julius in Chapter 16?
(a) Insights about the news.
(b) Some of his poetry.
(c) Some of his tea.
(d) Words of wisdom from Africa.

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

4. What does Julius say about Moji’s beauty, during the picnic in Central Park?
(a) That it is unique.
(b) That it is staggering.
(c) That it has the effect of stopping him in his tracks.
(d) That it does not meet his expectations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Julius try his PIN in various cash machines before he gives up in Chapter 13?

2. When Julius goes to see Dr. Saito in the beginning of Chapter 14, what is Dr. Saito having a hard time with?

3. How old does Julius say his father was when he died?

4. When Julius goes to the Munkasci exhibit at the Center of Photography, he thinks of the photographic concept of the “decisive moment” (152). Which photographer coined this term, and philosophy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the monument to the negro burial ground make Julius think about the reality of people in the past?

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

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

6. How does Julius say that he reacted when he saved the boy’s life who had been about to drown?

7. How does the model of New York from the 1964 World’s Fair serve as a metaphor for the book?

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

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

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

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