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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Wall Street subway station remind Julius of?
(a) A cathedral.
(b) A catacomb.
(c) A mall.
(d) A bomb shelter.

2. What kind of luck does Julius have in finding his oma while in Brussels?
(a) He finds her number, but never hears back when he leaves a message.
(b) He follows numerous leads throughout the city, and never contacts her.
(c) He hears back from her, but they never connect on account of scheduling issues.
(d) He gives up when he fails to find a listing for her in any phone books.

3. What does Dr. Maillotte tell Julius she thinks about Ghanaians?
(a) That they are arrogant.
(b) That they are genial.
(c) That they are shifty.
(d) That they are lazy.

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

5. Julius says that the world seems to fall under Obatala’s influence: what is Obatala responsible for?
(a) Bringing harvests.
(b) Creating people.
(c) The flights of birds.
(d) Changing the seasons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nadège’s limp affect Julius, when he joins her on a trip to the immigrant detention facility?

2. What does the poet want to talk about, instead of reading poetry, when Julius goes to the 92nd Street Y?

3. How does Julius characterize Brussels’ strategy for surviving the second world war?

4. Whose music does Julius hear that causes him to stop shopping and sit and listen in the Tower Records?

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

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