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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 causes Jakob to want to show Michaela the Aegean?
(a) Seeing how she loves the land of her youth.
(b) Her yearning to see the vast expanse of a sea.
(c) Seeing gulls fly overhead on their way across the land.
(d) Comparing the sea's color with her eyes.

2. Who preaches freedom at Palamas' funeral?
(a) Mitsialis.
(b) Athos.
(c) Sikelianos.
(d) No one.

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

4. 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.

5. When does Jakob feel safe above ground for the first time?
(a) Emerging from some caves he is exploring.
(b) Laying a wreath where Athos' ashes are buried.
(c) Camping out in a birch forest during an electrical storm.
(d) Lying in Michaela's arms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reminds Jakob of his mother and Bella?

2. How long is it before the attraction between Jakob and Alex ends?

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

4. Why does Jakob suffer from scurvy?

5. What does Michaela allow Jakob to do?

(see the answer key)

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