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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, The Drowned City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Around which of Alex's friends does Jakob feel insecure?
(a) Her Marxist friends.
(b) Her Beat friends.
(c) Her intellectual friends.
(d) Her Zionist friends.

2. What is one thing Ben dreads when young?
(a) Piano lessons.
(b) Hebrew lessons.
(c) Going to school.
(d) Attending synagogue.

3. What does Athos do at the first sign of danger?
(a) Makes his way up the mountain to a cave.
(b) Crawls under the bed.
(c) Climbs in the sea chest.
(d) Sits in the chair shaking in terror.

4. Of what is Jakob afraid concerning Michaela?
(a) Losing her.
(b) Giving her too much of himself.
(c) Hurting her.
(d) Giving her too little of herself.

5. Where is Jakob's fifteen-year-old sister?
(a) She is carried away by the Nazis.
(b) With Jakob in the bog.
(c) With Jakob in the cave.
(d) In a boarding school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Athos say stones do?

2. What about marriage does Alex enjoy?

3. Of what is Michaela afraid after visiting a museum?

4. What returns to Michaela when she speaks?

5. What had Jakob hoped would happen upon marrying Alex?

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