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

3. What did Julius get a reputation for, after the affair of Musibau’s stolen newspaper, at the military school?
(a) Shiftiness.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Mendacity.
(d) Fearlessness.

4. How does Julius say he and his mother responded to Julius’ father’s death?
(a) With stoic silence.
(b) With wild grieving.
(c) With bland indifference.
(d) With fierce bickering.

5. On his way home from the cinema, who does Julius have a presentiment about seeing again?
(a) His father.
(b) His friend.
(c) His oma.
(d) His mother.

6. What does Dr. Maillotte, Julius’ seat partner, envy about Julius?
(a) His appetite.
(b) His patience.
(c) His ability to fall asleep.
(d) His short legs.

7. What does Julius say fatigues him about boarding the plane?
(a) Containing his heartbreak over a scared child.
(b) Remaining patient after numerous delays.
(c) Controlling his anger at boarding agents.
(d) Holding his tongue while he is interrogated by the FBI.

8. How much does Julius say he carries around his patients’ experiences and stories?
(a) He says that he will go home and read books that shed light on their conditions.
(b) He says that he thinks of them in idle moment.
(c) He says that he does not think about them, and needs to refresh his memory at every visit.
(d) He says that he cannot stop thinking about them.

9. What is the second of Farouq’s two projects?
(a) To invent a set of rituals for decolonization.
(b) To start a prayer and reading society.
(c) To determine what it takes for different people to live together.
(d) To bring his family from home to Brussels.

10. What is the first of Farouq’s two projects?
(a) To undermine the European Union.
(b) To finish his studies.
(c) To bring his family to Brussels.
(d) To return home.

11. What does Julius say his experience of his oma’s visit was like, when she came to visit in Nigeria?
(a) Loving.
(b) Contentious.
(c) Frustrating.
(d) Heartbreaking.

12. What is the main impression Julius gives of the dream he has at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Panic.
(b) Fear.
(c) Belonging.
(d) Confusion.

13. What is Dr. Maillotte’s connection with Eduoard Empain, who built Heliopolis in Egypt?
(a) She knows his grandson.
(b) She is descended from him.
(c) She is married to his grandson.
(d) Just that she has visited the city.

14. Where had Julius’ mother been born?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Lagos.
(c) Yorubaland.
(d) London.

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