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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. Upon what does Jakob sometimes lecture?
(a) Living with grief.
(b) Athos' work.
(c) Living while the dead are inside you.
(d) The Holocaust.

2. What does Jacob see boys doing to produce squawks?
(a) Sliding their fingers on wires.
(b) Blowing homemade pipes.
(c) Blowing across bottle openings.
(d) Blowing on leaves of grass.

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

4. How does Athos know how to cook food that he forages?
(a) Through trial and error.
(b) He watched his grandmother as a boy.
(c) His mother taught him.
(d) From ancient books.

5. Who is Helen?
(a) A woman Jakob stays with for several months.
(b) Jakob's one surviving aunt.
(c) Athos' deceased sister.
(d) Athos' deceased wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Jakob does Alex have difficulty accepting?

2. What emerges from Jakob's mind at night?

3. What does Jakob miss when living with Athos?

4. What does Jakob say every moment is?

5. What restaurants do Athos and Jakob frequent?

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