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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, The Way Station.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Maurice Salman?
(a) A man who survives the holocaust and lives in Greece.
(b) One of Jakob's professors.
(c) Athos' contact in Europe.
(d) A friend Jakob makes at the University.

2. What does Jakob dream about as he sleeps?
(a) His parents being led off in handcuffs.
(b) Bella.
(c) The way his mother used to hold him.
(d) His parents being shot.

3. Who preaches freedom at Palamas' funeral?
(a) Mitsialis.
(b) Sikelianos.
(c) No one.
(d) Athos.

4. What is the name of the site where Jakob has just emerged?
(a) It has no official name.
(b) Beskupin.
(c) Luftkin.
(d) Garzupile.

5. How is the site perfectly preserved?
(a) It is petrified.
(b) The occupants intentionally took steps to preserve it.
(c) It has been encased in peat.
(d) It is only partially preserved.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where has Jakob Beer just emerged at the opening of the novel?

2. What does Athos say a good deed does?

3. How old is this site?

4. Who is Kostas Mitsialis?

5. What are Australian and British soldiers described doing?

(see the answer key)

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