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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 is "Bearing False Witness"?
(a) A new law that discriminates against minorities in Canada.
(b) A book Kostas just published.
(c) A book Jakob is writing.
(d) A tribute to comrades lost at Biskupin.

2. What does Jakob do in his writing about his childhood that protects him?
(a) He writes several stories at once.
(b) He writes in English.
(c) He writes in the third person.
(d) He writes in the second person.

3. What do Athos' stories begin to do for Jakob?
(a) Make sense.
(b) Calm him.
(c) Change his way of thinking about what happens to his family.
(d) Helps him finish grieving.

4. What does Athos say the sight of many birds is?
(a) A sign that the heavens are whispering advice.
(b) The sign of prayers comforting the dead.
(c) Good luck.
(d) Bad luck.

5. What does Athos teach Jakob to cook?
(a) Blood pudding.
(b) Canadian traditional food.
(c) Greek dishes.
(d) A Jewish seder meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Athos know how to cook food that he forages?

2. Who are Yoshi and Tomas?

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

4. When does Jakob finish writing his life's stories?

5. What does Athos do during the night?

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