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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 job has Hephzibah recently left?
(a) With the Jewish Defamation League.
(b) With the BBC.
(c) As a columnist with The Guardian.
(d) As a journalist with The Sun.

2. To whom does the gypsy woman predict something bad would happen?
(a) She does not know if it's Julian or the woman.
(b) Just to the woman.
(c) Just to Julian.
(d) The gypsy woman does not say something bad will happen.

3. What puzzles Julian about Kimberley and the mugger?
(a) They both gave him black eyes.
(b) They both mistook him for a Jew.
(c) They are both German.
(d) They look similar.

4. What does Sam become as an adult?
(a) A judge.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) An accountant.
(d) A well-known television personality.

5. How does Julian feel the morning after being mugged?
(a) Confused.
(b) Very depressed.
(c) Somewhat cheerful.
(d) Alienated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julian think Tyler should not have to do?

2. What does Julian not understand about his friend Libor?

3. What does Sam do after Libor leaves?

4. What does Hephzibah think is demeaning to Julian?

5. What happened to Emmy's grandson?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sam react to his wife's dying and death?

2. Why does Julian tell Libor about the mugging, and what is Libor's response?

3. How do Sam and Libor say and think concerning Sam and Julian?

4. What do Julian and his sons discuss and what does Julian wonder about his sons?

5. What does a Gypsy woman tell Julian when he is on a school holiday in Barcelona?

6. How does Hephzibah feel about marriage to Julian?

7. What does Julian not understand about his friend Libor?

8. How does Libor fare with the bereavement counseling?

9. What happens to Julian one late summer evening in London on his way home?

10. What position has Hephzibah recently taken on and why does Julian think she was chosen for the new position?

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