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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rule does Julius break, in the memory he recalls in Chapter 10 from having been left at home?
(a) Not to go to town alone.
(b) Not to swim without supervision.
(c) Not to go outside till his homework is done.
(d) Not to drink the soft drinks.

2. What does the poet want to talk about, instead of reading poetry, when Julius goes to the 92nd Street Y?
(a) Colonialism.
(b) History.
(c) Persecution.
(d) Love.

3. What did Pierre, the bootblack who shines Julius’ shoes, used to do before he became a boot black?
(a) Hairdresser.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Butcher.
(d) Janitor.

4. How does Julius describe the expression of the Welcomers when they get to the immigrant detention facility?
(a) Beatific.
(b) Grave.
(c) Patient.
(d) Concerned.

5. Flying back to New York, Julius remembers having seen the city from a similar vantage point: when looking a vast scale model of the city. Where was that scale model exhibited?
(a) 1939 World’s Fair.
(b) 1964 World’s Fair.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) The Louvre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Julius find out most Africans in Brussels actually come from?

2. What do Julius’ thoughts about the Africans he had seen in Le Panais make him think about the cleaning woman in the church?

3. What does Julius say his study at the hospital shows a correlation between?

4. What is Dr. Maillotte’s field of medicine?

5. What does Julius ransack his parents house looking for, while his mother is gone, in the childhood he remembers?

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