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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Libor say Julian has longed for since Libor has known him?
(a) Certainty.
(b) The end of things.
(c) Freedom.
(d) The beginning of things.

2. 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.

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

4. What does Emmy say Libor expects of Jews?
(a) For them to live differently than others.
(b) For them to always be persecuted.
(c) For them to give up their traditions.
(d) For them to stay too boudn by their traditions.

5. Why does Sam drive to Oxford?
(a) He cannot reach his son or daughter on the phone.
(b) He's meeting a key member of the ASH group.
(c) He is meeting the co-author of a book he is writing.
(d) He's meeting a woman who has written an article that appeals to him.

6. How many times does Hephzibah sigh when Julian asks her about Sam?
(a) None.
(b) Once.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

7. Why does Emmy say about where they meet?
(a) It is busy enough that Libor does not have to talk much.
(b) It near Chaires that Emmy first saw Libor.
(c) Libor could not have afforded it in his pre-Malkie days.
(d) It was the bridge where Libor and Emmy first met.

8. What does Tamara think is hysterical at the debate?
(a) That Sam is indignant over a question by a Gentile.
(b) That Sam is at a loss for words.
(c) That Sam is indignant over something another ASH member says.
(d) That the people think they are making a difference.

9. Where does Sam find his son?
(a) He can't find him.
(b) At the son's girlfriend's house.
(c) In jail.
(d) In Blaise's bed.

10. Who does Libor suggest Julian hire?
(a) A janitor for the museum.
(b) A Hebrew teacher.
(c) A valet for parking cars at the museum.
(d) A chef.

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

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

13. How does Julian think Hephzibah's family treats him?
(a) Like a Gentile.
(b) Like a lost Jew.
(c) Like an untouchable.
(d) Like a leper.

14. What debate started the scuffle outside the Oxford Union?
(a) About the newest developments in Iran.
(b) About whether the Palestinians have the right to exist.
(c) About the way the Americans support Israel no matter what.
(d) About Israel forfeiting its right to exist.

15. What does Julian think a year after being an adopted Jew?
(a) The Jews are not any different from other people.
(b) The Jews bring harassment on themselves.
(c) The Jews do not have a chance.
(d) The Jews are indeed victims.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Blaise say is involved in an anti-Semitic incident?

2. What does Julian ask Hephzibah about Jews?

3. What has Julian forgotten about when he arrives back at his apartment?

4. Who does Sam encounter as he prowls the streets?

5. What does Sam realize about Julian?

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