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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 Jakob feel inside him?
(a) His father telling him to run.
(b) His mother saying goodbye.
(c) His sister's terror.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

4. Where does Jakob sit when Athos goes to town?
(a) On the widow's walk.
(b) In the cellar.
(c) Beside an old sea chest.
(d) By the window.

5. What does Athos say stones do?
(a) Give a sense of destiny.
(b) Roots one to their past.
(c) Hold human time.
(d) Give a sense of the importance of the moment.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where has Jakob Beer just emerged at the opening of the novel?

2. Of what does Jakob live in constant fear?

3. Why does Jakob suffer from scurvy?

4. What do the Jews do when the Germans take over the occupation of the country from the Italians?

5. What does Jakob dream about as he sleeps?

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