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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mones?
(a) A friend of Jakob's grandfather.
(b) Another boy in the forest.
(c) Jakob's best friend.
(d) Jakob's dog.

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

3. What do Athos' stories evoke in Jakob?
(a) The need to know what happened to his parents.
(b) The desire to confront his family's killers.
(c) Images of Jakob's family and friends.
(d) The desire for revenge.

4. What does Athos say luck requires?
(a) Being ready for it.
(b) Heeding warnings.
(c) Being good.
(d) The gods' benevolence.

5. What does Jakob wonder if remembering does?
(a) Causes him to not forgive.
(b) Causes him to lose sight of beauty.
(c) Causes him to not go forward.
(d) Causes the dead pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jakob survive?

2. To whom does Jakob write letters?

3. What does Athos do at the first sign of danger?

4. Where does Athos take Jakob?

5. Of what does Jakob live in constant fear?

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