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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. What is Julian doing when someone taps him on the shoulder?
(a) Trying to get a hold of his umbrella as it is caught by the wind.
(b) Looking in the window at Markham's.
(c) Looking in the window at J. P. Guivier's.
(d) Tying his shoe in front of Stoleman's.

2. What does the gypsy woman say to Julian?
(a) Julian would fall in love and his wife would run around on him.
(b) Julian would fall in love and his wife would kill him.
(c) Danger would accompany a man named Justin.
(d) Danger would accompany a woman named Juno, Julie or Judith.

3. Why did Sam appear on "Desert Island Discs"?
(a) He thought it was good for his career.
(b) He was offered a great deal of money.
(c) He wanted to hurt Tyler.
(d) Because Tyler wanted him to appear on the show.

4. What does Hephzibah think is demeaning to Julian?
(a) To pretend to be younger than he is.
(b) To pretend to be Jewish.
(c) His sons' attitude.
(d) To work as a lookalike.

5. What signs from childhood does Julian think about?
(a) Signs that Julian might be unstable mentally.
(b) Signs that Julian would be a wastrel as an adult.
(c) Signs that Julian has German in his family background.
(d) Signs that his father hid that they are Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Julian refuse Libor's dinner invitation a week after the mugging?

2. What job has Hephzibah recently left?

3. What does Julian do during the night after work?

4. How long before Tyler's death did Sam appear on "Desert Island Discs"?

5. Of what is Tyler ashamed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Alfredo explain knowing Sam and knowing about Julian's mugging?

3. How do Sam and Julian meet Libor?

4. Why doesn't Julian accept a dinner invitation from Libor a week after Julian's mugging?

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

6. What does Emmy ask of Libor?

7. What debates does Julian think about as he walks to Regent's Park and what is Julian's thought about what Libor says?

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

9. What is Sam's response to Julian's story about the mugging?

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

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