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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, The Gradual Instant.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does legend say the Manitoulins did?
(a) Burn down their island to exorcise a spirit.
(b) Cut themselves with thousands of tiny cuts to exercise demons.
(c) Exorcise every youth and some did not survive.
(d) Force roles upon each person.

2. Where does Jakob learn to live a normal life as Athos prepares for their move to Canada?
(a) From Sikelianos.
(b) He does not learn this.
(c) From the other boys of the town.
(d) From Kostas and Daphne.

3. What does Michaela allow Jakob to do?
(a) Read her a poem of his.
(b) Touch her.
(c) Obtain her phone number.
(d) Go to her flat.

4. What does Jakob say every moment is?
(a) Pain relived.
(b) Two moments.
(c) An opportunity.
(d) A chance.

5. What is significant of Salonika?
(a) It is where Athos' ashes are strewn.
(b) It is where Jakob finds information about Bella.
(c) It is where Jakob produces his greatest works of poetry.
(d) It is where Jews, Christians, and Muslims once lived in harmony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Athos do during the night?

2. What does Jakob experience when he first wakes in Michaela's bed?

3. What is Michaela's occupation?

4. In what color can a Polish painter Jakob meets not paint?

5. On what stories does Alex's father raise her?

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