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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 he felt comforted by when he went to the tailor’s shop to get clothes for his father’s funeral?
(a) The tailor’s assistant’s kind words.
(b) The tailor’s patient listening.
(c) The tailor’s words of advice.
(d) The tailor’s hands on him.

2. Where does Julius see Chinese women dancing, after seeing his accountant?
(a) Wall Street.
(b) The Bowery.
(c) Bowling Green.
(d) Staten Island.

3. Where is John Musson’s apartment, that Julius goes to the party Moji invites him to?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Morningside Heights.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Washington Heights.

4. Whose obituary do the street performers make Julius think of?
(a) His oma’s.
(b) His father’s.
(c) M.’s.
(d) V.’s.

5. How does Julius characterize the gait of the two boys who beat him up?
(a) Like athletes.
(b) Like sharks.
(c) Like girls.
(d) Like soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of academia does Julius say he has never had a stomach for?

2. What does Moji say she actively worries about, during the picnic in Central Park?

3. Why would Julius have thought that the Africans in Brussels all came from this one place in Chapter 11?

4. What does Julius say he is more likely to do in the months of March, April and May?

5. What consolation does Julius try to avoid offering himself, after being beaten up and robbed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the postcard Julius keeps on the corkboard behind his desk?

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

3. How does Julius kill half an hour when he is early to meet Dr. Maillotte?

4. What is the vision Julius has while he is sitting in the park, watching the starlings?

5. How is Julius affected by his thoughts about slavery in New York?

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

7. What are Julius’ dreams like, after he hears about Dr. Saito’s bedbugs?

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

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

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

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