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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Maurice worry?
(a) That Jakob's journals are lost in the huge library.
(b) That Ben will not be persistent.
(c) That Maurice will have to work many hours with Ben.
(d) That Ben will misinterpret Jakob's journals.

2. What reminds Ben of his parents' shoes and mended clothing?
(a) A jumble of sandals in Jakob's study.
(b) A picture of a medicant preacher.
(c) Two elderly Jews walking past in the street.
(d) A description in one of Jakob's journals.

3. What is Bella doing in Jakob's imagination?
(a) Searching for him.
(b) Crying.
(c) Trying to get out.
(d) Practicing her keyboard fingering.

4. What does Ben study carefully that is a bit disorienting?
(a) A dry-docked ship.
(b) A intricate pattern on the den's wallpaper.
(c) A hand-drawn map.
(d) A labyrinthine in the garden.

5. How many villages are decimated as the Nazis leave?
(a) 120.
(b) 230.
(c) 1000.
(d) 500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does the painted clock at Treblinka station always read?

2. What does Ben picture about Jakob's journals?

3. What is Zakynthos like?

4. How old is Jakob when Athos takes him to Athens?

5. What is the state of Greece during this time?

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