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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 does Jakob live in constant fear?
(a) His mother's ghost wandering.
(b) His father's ghost ordering his to wreck vengeance.
(c) Hearing the door being kicked in.
(d) Athos making him leave.

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

3. Where does Jakob run?
(a) To his aunt and uncle's home.
(b) To his grandparent's home.
(c) To the bog.
(d) Into the forest.

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

5. Where does Athos take Jakob?
(a) Italy.
(b) Crete.
(c) The United States.
(d) Zakynthos Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jakob wonder if remembering does?

2. What does Jakob see ascending?

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

4. How is the site perfectly preserved?

5. Why does Jakob suffer from scurvy?

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