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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. About what continent does Athos talk to Jakob?
(a) North American.
(b) Asia.
(c) Australia.
(d) Antarctica.

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

3. Who is Jakob Beer?
(a) A priest.
(b) An archeology professor at Oxford.
(c) A young boy.
(d) An elderly man who is about to die.

4. What does Athos do at the first sign of danger?
(a) Makes his way up the mountain to a cave.
(b) Climbs in the sea chest.
(c) Sits in the chair shaking in terror.
(d) Crawls under the bed.

5. Why does Jakob suffer from scurvy?
(a) They cannot afford to buy fruit.
(b) There is a drought and the fruit trees die.
(c) The Nazis loot the fruit groves.
(d) There is a storm that knocks their three fruit trees down.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Athos' stories evoke in Jakob?

3. With what composer was Bella once obsessed?

4. What does Ioannis tell of losing?

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

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