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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. Whom does Moji say she has told about the time Julius forced himself on her?
(a) No one.
(b) Her boyfriend at the time.
(c) Her brother.
(d) John Musson.

2. How does Julius characterize his feeling when he is watching the marching band in Chinatown in Chapter 16?
(a) Disturbed.
(b) Disoriented.
(c) At home.
(d) Dreamy.

3. What does Julius say he felt comforted by when he went to the tailor’s shop to get clothes for his father’s funeral?
(a) The tailor’s hands on him.
(b) The tailor’s assistant’s kind words.
(c) The tailor’s patient listening.
(d) The tailor’s words of advice.

4. Who is in the shop Julius stop into in Chinatown in Chapter 16?
(a) A couple of brothers.
(b) An old woman.
(c) A bus of tourists.
(d) A young family.

5. What is the source of the dissonance in the organ music in Notre Dame?
(a) A workman’s boom box.
(b) A vacuum cleaner.
(c) A floor waxing machine.
(d) A workman’s power tools.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julius say he has a hard time believing about people who lived before the twenty-first century?

2. When Julius goes to see Dr. Saito in the beginning of Chapter 14, what is Dr. Saito having a hard time with?

3. How long after Julius’ visit to Dr. Saito does Julius get a call saying that Dr. Saito has died?

4. What does Julius say the Statue of Liberty served as until 1902?

5. What does Julius notice is missing in Dr. Saito’s apartment in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Julius’ state of mind while he is reading the newspaper to Dr. Saito?

2. How does Julius characterize his stance on global warming, during the picnic in Central Park, and what does he say his stance indicates about himself?

3. How does Julius respond when his friend’s girlfriend Lise-Anne asks him about the most humorous cases he had seen among the mentally ill?

4. How does Julius characterize his trip to the tailor to get clothing for his father’s funeral?

5. What are Julius’ dreams like, after he hears about Dr. Saito’s bedbugs?

6. What is the leap in time and setting that has taken place between chapters 20 and 21?

7. How is Julius affected by his thoughts about slavery in New York?

8. How does Julius explain his views about psychiatry to his friend?

9. What does Julius know about Dr. Saito’s relationship history, and how does he know it?

10. What experience does Julius have in Chinatown, that gives him the “disorientation and bliss” of living in his childhood self again?

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