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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julian think to himself that he is good at while sitting in his and Hephzibah's bedroom?
(a) Goodbyes.
(b) Messing up.
(c) Hurting others.
(d) Hurting himself.

2. What does Libor do in Beachy Head?
(a) Meets Emmy.
(b) Calls his children.
(c) Drinks and look out to sea.
(d) Rents a room in a motel on the beach.

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

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

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

6. Where does Libor meet with Julian?
(a) At the museum.
(b) At Nosh Bar.
(c) At a bookstore near Libor's home.
(d) At the Globe.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does the young girl do who is left behind from a group of children?
(a) Taking off her shoes.
(b) Trying to catch a butterfly.
(c) Crying.
(d) Sits on a bench.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing in the box Sam finds in his closet that Tyler left to him?

2. Where does Sam go after he stops at his son's place?

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

4. How does Julian cause Libor to cry?

5. Why does Julian help a fifteen-year-old boy?

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