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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, The Stone-Carriers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Athos do when he sees Jakob?
(a) Hids Jakob under his coat.
(b) Starts crying.
(c) Tries to shoot Jakob.
(d) Tells Jakob where to find Bella.

2. From where has Jakob Beer just emerged at the opening of the novel?
(a) A bog.
(b) The ocean.
(c) A forest.
(d) A cave.

3. What do the Jews do when the Germans take over the occupation of the country from the Italians?
(a) Hide in the hills.
(b) Hide in the catacombs under the city.
(c) Pay Christians to hide them.
(d) Pay fishermen to take them to England.

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

5. To whom does Jakob write letters?
(a) His cousins in the United States.
(b) The German government after the end of WWII.
(c) The dead.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what continent does Athos talk to Jakob?

2. Where does Jakob sit when Athos goes to town?

3. With what composer was Bella once obsessed?

4. Who is Mones?

5. Where does Jakob run?

(see the answer key)

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