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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Julian cause Libor to cry?
(a) Julian asks Libor about his and Maltie's daughter.
(b) Julian tells Libor about his affair with Tyler.
(c) Julian tells Libor about his dying mother.
(d) Julian asks Libor about Emmy.

2. Why might Immanuel be arrested?
(a) For knocking over a policeman.
(b) For possessing drugs.
(c) For participating in a fight.
(d) For distributing illegal pamphlets.

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

4. What does Julian say a little girl claims at a family birthday party?
(a) That Julian is not family.
(b) That Julian does not belong there.
(c) That Julian should be a clown.
(d) That Julian is funny in a different way.

5. Why do Hephzibah and Sam say Kaddish for Libor?
(a) He asked them to in a note.
(b) He was like a father to them.
(c) He has no children.
(d) Emmy asks them to.

6. What is Kaddish?
(a) The Jewish prayer for the dead.
(b) A prayer for success in an endeavor.
(c) A ritual to ensure the safety of one's person.
(d) A special dinner.

7. Why does Hephzibah feel paranoid?
(a) Because of the loss in the vandalism.
(b) Because of Julian's close questioning.
(c) Because a Jewish boy is beaten down the street from the museum.
(d) Because of Sam showing up daily at the musem.

8. Why does Hephzibah pray at home?
(a) She is ill and cannot go to the synagogue.
(b) She is not a synagogue person.
(c) She is afraid to go to the synagogue.
(d) She thinks it's more sacred there.

9. Who do Sam, Julian and Hephzibah encounter after a play?
(a) Emmy.
(b) Libor.
(c) Abe.
(d) Alfredo.

10. Why does Julian feel responsible for Libor's death?
(a) For not noticing that Libor was sinking further into depression.
(b) For telling Libor that he should move on.
(c) For not inviting Libor over for dinner the day Libor dies.
(d) For telling Libor about Julian and Tyler.

11. What does Julian worry about Hephzibah?
(a) She thinks he's too insecure.
(b) She will try to make his sons part of their life.
(c) She will want to have a baby.
(d) She is interested in Sam.

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

13. Where did Julian meet a beautiful hippy girl once?
(a) At a party in East Sussex.
(b) At the opera.
(c) At the horse races.
(d) At his best friend's house.

14. 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.

15. What does the young girl call Julian when he asks her a question?
(a) Freak.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Jerk.
(d) Meanie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Libor say all Julian is?

2. What happens to Meryer Abramsky and his family?

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

4. For what is Julian to blame?

5. What does Julian ask Hephzibah one day while they are in bed?

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