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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 happens after Julius breaks his mother’s rule in Chapter 10?
(a) He is not punished.
(b) His father sends him to his room.
(c) His mother canes him.
(d) His grandmother makes him clean the house.

2. How old is Julius?
(a) 22.
(b) 28.
(c) 32.
(d) 38.

3. What do Julius’ thoughts about the Africans he had seen in Le Panais make him think about the cleaning woman in the church?
(a) That she might be dreaming of fleeing Belgium.
(b) That she might be in Brussels to forget.
(c) That she might be seeking refuge in the church.
(d) That she might have been a killer in Africa.

4. What kind of weather does Julius escape when he goes into the American Folk Art Museum?
(a) Torrential rain.
(b) Blinding sunshine.
(c) Driving snow.
(d) Hail and thunder.

5. What is the title Teju Cole gives to Part 2 of Open City, beginning with Chapter 12?
(a) The world still exists.
(b) I have searched myself.
(c) Mother, where are you?
(d) Alone in the fog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease does Julius say killed his father?

2. Where is Saidu from?

3. How does Julius say his mother saw her mother, Julius’ oma?

4. What is the second of Farouq’s two projects?

5. What happens to decrease the tension over the recent incident in Brussels when Julius visits?

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