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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, The Stone-Carriers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who deliberately smashes and reburies this site?
(a) The local government of the region.
(b) The international archeological consortium.
(c) The country's government.
(d) The Nazis.

2. What does Athos say stones do?
(a) Roots one to their past.
(b) Give a sense of destiny.
(c) Give a sense of the importance of the moment.
(d) Hold human time.

3. What does Jakob see ascending?
(a) Spirits.
(b) A flock of crows.
(c) A blimp.
(d) A flock of vultures.

4. What is Athos' professional specialty?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Archeology.
(d) Geology.

5. From where has Jakob Beer just emerged at the opening of the novel?
(a) A bog.
(b) The ocean.
(c) A forest.
(d) A cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jakob miss when living with Athos?

2. How is the site perfectly preserved?

3. What do the Jews do when the Germans take over the occupation of the country from the Italians?

4. What is the name of the site where Jakob has just emerged?

5. Why does Jakob suffer from scurvy?

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