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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. Of what is Athos the last?
(a) Those who can read a specialized Greek.
(b) Those who can interpret a rare hieroglyphic alphabet.
(c) A seafaring family.
(d) His siblings.

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

3. What is the name of the site where Jakob has just emerged?
(a) Garzupile.
(b) It has no official name.
(c) Beskupin.
(d) Luftkin.

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

5. What does Jakob miss when living with Athos?
(a) His mother's tender good-night kiss.
(b) His dog.
(c) His father's laugh.
(d) The most important events in his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Athos' professional specialty?

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

3. What does Jakob see ascending?

4. What does Athos insist that Jakob do?

5. Why does Jakob suffer from scurvy?

(see the answer key)

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