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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. Of what does the house remind Ben?
(a) Uninterrupted lives when Vesuvius erupted.
(b) Uninterrupted lives when the last tidal wave struck Japan when he was there.
(c) Uninterrupted lives when Krakatoa erupted.
(d) Uninterrupted lives when an avalanche buried a Canadian town in the Rockies.

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

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

4. For how long does Ben search for Jakob's journals?
(a) He does not need to search as they are all in shelves in the library.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Days.
(d) Months.

5. Into what is despair transformed in the gas chambers?
(a) Joy.
(b) Faith.
(c) Anger.
(d) Forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About what does Maurice worry?

3. What does Idhra do for Jakob?

4. What is Zakynthos like?

5. What reminds Jakob of his mother and Bella?

(see the answer key)

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