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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julian ask Hephzibah about Jews?
(a) If Jews feel superior to others.
(b) If there is a special bond between Jews.
(c) If Jews all want to have a Jewish state.
(d) If Jews truly accept gentiles who convert.

2. Besides Libor and Tyler, who else can Sam mourn while saying Kaddish?
(a) His own failures.
(b) His parents.
(c) All Jewish people.
(d) The world.

3. Where does Julian walk when he feels overwhelmed?
(a) Just in circles.
(b) To the red light district.
(c) To Sam's place.
(d) To Libor's place.

4. What did Julian do when the beautiful girl asked him to paint her face?
(a) He paints her with zebra stripes.
(b) He made her a clown.
(c) He refuses.
(d) He paints her blood red.

5. What pain is Hephzibah feeling about Julian?
(a) The pain of their separation.
(b) The pain that he was not there for her at the museum opening.
(c) The pain of his being beaten up.
(d) The pain of his lack of understanding.

6. Why won't Libor do anything for Emmy's grandson?
(a) The police are doing more than Libor can do.
(b) Libor stopped working for causes a long time ago.
(c) The grandson brought the attack upon himself.
(d) Libor says there is no point in doing anything.

7. What does Julian feel he cannot handle?
(a) The way Hephzibah's parents talk to Julian.
(b) The Jewish way of life.
(c) The way Sam looks at Hephzibah.
(d) The pressure on Julian to convert to Judaism.

8. What happens to an Arab man, woman and child on a bus?
(a) Meryer Abramsky shoots them.
(b) They are forced to move from their ancestral home in Palestine.
(c) They are arrested for eating on the bus.
(d) They are bullied by some Israeli soldiers.

9. Who does Sam mourn for who is still alive?
(a) His son.
(b) Hephzibah.
(c) Himself.
(d) Julian.

10. What interrupts Julian's nap?
(a) A bad dream.
(b) A scream from someone in the room next to his.
(c) The sounds of children taunting someone.
(d) A monkey throws something and hits Julian.

11. Where does Libor invite Emmy to meet him?
(a) At the Ritz.
(b) At Trafalgar Square.
(c) Near Lambeth bridge.
(d) Near Chaires Cross Road.

12. Who does Sam encounter as he prowls the streets?
(a) Julian.
(b) Immanuel.
(c) Alfredo.
(d) Blaise.

13. What is one thing in the box Sam finds in his closet that Tyler left to him?
(a) Documents about her conversion to Judaism.
(b) A poem she wrote for him.
(c) A deck of tarot cards.
(d) Information about secret bank account.

14. For what is Julian to blame?
(a) That Libor is lonely.
(b) That Alfredo would not take the initiative to help an old man.
(c) That Libor and Alfredo do not know each other.
(d) That Julian does not realize Libor is upset when they are on the train.

15. What did Maldie believe about Libor?
(a) He is not very strong.
(b) He is an exceptional man.
(c) He feels too deeply.
(d) He is an intelligent man but has no heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young girl do who is left behind from a group of children?

2. What does Hephzibah suggest Julian do as assistant curator?

3. Where is the train headed?

4. For what does Julian write menus?

5. What does Sam call his son?

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