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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Julian notice outside the museum?
(a) A group of Arabs.
(b) No one.
(c) A group of young men.
(d) The Jew with the PLO scarf.

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

4. Where does Julian go on this particular morning in this chapter?
(a) A pub.
(b) The zoo.
(c) A sleezy motel.
(d) The park.

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

6. What is Julian excluded from doing?
(a) Saying Kaddish.
(b) Eating after the Kaddish is said.
(c) Standing next to Hepzibah during the Kaddish.
(d) Being in the room while Kaddish is said.

7. Who helps Julian help the boy?
(a) No one.
(b) A woman with a dog.
(c) A policeman.
(d) An elderly gentleman.

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

9. What has Julian forgotten about when he arrives back at his apartment?
(a) His grandson's birthday.
(b) The opera tickets they had for tonight.
(c) The museum opening.
(d) The dinner at Sam's.

10. In what part of being Jewish does Julian feel he is deficient?
(a) In his knowledge of the Jewish traditions.
(b) In his looks.
(c) In his heart.
(d) In practice.

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

12. Why doesn't Hephzibah tell Julian when the vandalism recurs?
(a) She's afraid he will leave her.
(b) She thinks he's too gloomy as it is.
(c) She's afraid he will stay at the museum all night.
(d) She doesn't want to worry him.

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

14. What interrupts Sam's plans to play online poker?
(a) A call from Libor.
(b) A call from his daughter.
(c) A call from his mother.
(d) A call from his ex-wife.

15. Where does Sam go after he stops at his son's place?
(a) The Classics Department at Oxford.
(b) His ex-wife's apartment.
(c) Blaise's apartment.
(d) The Religion Department at Oxford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maldie believe about Libor?

2. Where is the train headed?

3. What does Julian worry about Hephzibah?

4. Why does Emmy say about where they meet?

5. What does Julian think to himself that he is good at while sitting in his and Hephzibah's bedroom?

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