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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what do Sam and Libor debate over dinner when Julian is there?
(a) Theater.
(b) War.
(c) Captial punishment.
(d) Israel and Judaism.

2. Who is Emmy Oppenstein?
(a) A woman who Libor loved many decades ago.
(b) An American who is visiting Libor's sister in London.
(c) A columnist for a well-known Jewish magazine.
(d) Malkie's best friend when Malkie was a child.

3. What does Libor tell Julian to cease doing?
(a) Spoiling his sons with too much money.
(b) Going out late at night to draw a mugger.
(c) Speculating about being Jewish.
(d) Visiting his son's mothers on the same day.

4. What does Hephzibah do after leaving her last job?
(a) She is writing a novel.
(b) She is researching for writing a history of the Anglo-Jewish culture.
(c) She is living off a trust from her grandmother.
(d) Sets up a museum of Anglo-Jewish culture.

5. What invitation does Sam receive?
(a) To join a right-wing Zionist organization.
(b) To take Tyler to a specialist in New York City.
(c) To join the ASHamed Jews.
(d) To visit his former wife in France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What signs from childhood does Julian think about?

2. What has Alfredo never told his mother or half brother?

3. What does Julian visit again?

4. What does Julian wonder about his sons?

5. What does Julian wonder if he'll ever understand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Libor's first date after widowhood like for him?

2. How does Hephzibah feel about marriage to Julian?

3. What do Tyler and Julian do and what is their thought about it?

4. Why does Julian decide to go to dinner at Libor's two nights later?

5. How does Sam react to his wife's dying and death?

6. How do Sam and Libor say and think concerning Sam and Julian?

7. What does Julian think the next morning after being mugging?

8. How does Hephzibah cause Julian to believe his fate is playing itself out with her?

9. Who is Emmy Oppenstein and how does Libor reconnect with her?

10. What does a Gypsy woman tell Julian when he is on a school holiday in Barcelona?

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