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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Athos help Jakob as far as the subtleties?
(a) Bureaucracies.
(b) Shopping.
(c) English.
(d) Customs of the Canadians.

2. What does Jakob witness as he is hiding?
(a) His parents being led away in handcuffs.
(b) His mother kissing his father before his father is shot.
(c) The wrecking of the archeological site.
(d) His baby brother being carried away.

3. What does Jakob sense one day?
(a) That Bella is nearby.
(b) That the evil in the area has left.
(c) That Bella has died.
(d) That someone is looking for him.

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

5. What does Athos do for relaxation?
(a) Walks.
(b) Cooks.
(c) Watches television.
(d) Gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Greeks seem to have caught from the Germans?

2. Why does Athos take Jakob to Athens?

3. How does Jakob survive?

4. What does Athos say a good deed does?

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

(see the answer key)

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