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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. Who is Palamas?
(a) An historian.
(b) A priest.
(c) A poet.
(d) A soldier.

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

3. What does Jakob dream about as he sleeps?
(a) Bella.
(b) His parents being shot.
(c) His parents being led off in handcuffs.
(d) The way his mother used to hold him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Athos say the sight of many birds is?

2. Who preaches freedom at Palamas' funeral?

3. Where does Jakob learn to live a normal life as Athos prepares for their move to Canada?

4. Who is Athos?

5. How do Jakob and Athos improve Jakob's English?

(see the answer key)

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