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

2. How does Nadège’s limp affect Julius, when he joins her on a trip to the immigrant detention facility?
(a) It makes him have compassion for Nadège’s experiences.
(b) It makes him think of migrating birds.
(c) It makes him think of a girl he went to school with.
(d) It makes him think of an illness he had suffered through.

3. How does Julius say his mother saw her mother, Julius’ oma?
(a) As loving and generous.
(b) As delusional.
(c) As difficult and mean-spirited.
(d) As pathetic and a little crazy.

4. What is Julius’ stance on global warming?
(a) He is a believer.
(b) He is a strenuous denier.
(c) He is a skeptical believer.
(d) He is a doubter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the “halo” Julius sees around Dr. Saito’s head comprised of (11)?

2. What is V.’s book about?

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

4. What is the main impression Julius gives of the dream he has at the beginning of Chapter 10?

5. What effect does Julius’ father’s death have on Julius’ studies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of person does Julius show himself to be in the taxi he gets home from American Folk Art Museum?

2. What memory does the rain spur in Julius’ trip to Brussels?

3. What does Nadège’s limp make Julius think about, and what does it make him see about Nadège?

4. What do we know about Julius’ relationships, in this first chapter?

5. What is Julius’ relationship with his oma like?

6. What made the detained immigrant Saidu leave Liberia?

7. How does the incident in which Musibau accused Julius of stealing his paper ultimately work in Julius’ favor?

8. What does Julius say his work requires of him, and what does he say he enjoys about it?

9. At the book's beginning, why does the narrator says that he goes for long walks?

10. What is it about Coca-Cola that the younger Julius found so appealing?

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