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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jakob Beer?
(a) An elderly man who is about to die.
(b) A priest.
(c) A young boy.
(d) An archeology professor at Oxford.

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

3. What about Jakob does Alex have difficulty accepting?
(a) His shyness.
(b) His halting English.
(c) His obsession with Bella.
(d) His Jewish background.

4. How do Jakob and Athos improve Jakob's English?
(a) By only speaking English at home.
(b) By making up characters and stories in English.
(c) By listening to the radio.
(d) By listening to television shows.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alex act?

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

3. What reminds Jakob of his mother and Bella?

4. Where does Jakob sit when Athos goes to town?

5. Where do Athos and Jakob take up residence in Toronto?

(see the answer key)

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