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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what is Athos prone?
(a) Doubt.
(b) Euphoria.
(c) Fits of rage.
(d) Depression.

2. What are Australian and British soldiers described doing?
(a) Handing out candy.
(b) Singing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Growling.

3. What does Athos do because he senses he is running out of time?
(a) Gets Jakob secure financially.
(b) Writes his book.
(c) Sends Jakob out more and more often to become self-sufficient.
(d) Contacts his family.

4. How does Athos know how to cook food that he forages?
(a) He watched his grandmother as a boy.
(b) Through trial and error.
(c) From ancient books.
(d) His mother taught him.

5. What does Jakob sense one day?
(a) That the evil in the area has left.
(b) That Bella is nearby.
(c) That Bella has died.
(d) That someone is looking for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of ground does Athos say one should be buried?

2. What does Jakob think about the Catalan Atlas?

3. How is Alex actually?

4. What do Athos and Jakob gather?

5. Why does Jakob suffer from scurvy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Athos choose Toronto as the place to relocate?

2. How does Jakob learn English, and of what is he proud as he is mastering the language?

3. What often causes Athos to become depressed or angry?

4. What is Jakob's reaction to reading Athos' letters?

5. Describe the day-to-day life of Jakob and Athos.

6. How does Kostas describe the various occupations?

7. How does Jakob end up in Greece?

8. Why do Athos and Jakob identify with explorers of Antarctica?

9. What does Jakob do after he witnesses the invasion of his home?

10. What does Jakob think concerning the dead?

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