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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Vertical Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reminds Jakob of his mother and Bella?
(a) Seeing all the Jewish woman coming down from the hills.
(b) Daphne's goodbye squeeze.
(c) Seeing all the Jewish woman coming out of the caves.
(d) A guess from a young woman at the docks.

2. How many villages are decimated as the Nazis leave?
(a) 1000.
(b) 120.
(c) 500.
(d) 230.

3. Who is Kostas Mitsialis?
(a) An old colleague of Athos.
(b) A Greek Orthodox priest.
(c) The mayor of Athens.
(d) The Polish consul.

4. How is the site perfectly preserved?
(a) It is only partially preserved.
(b) It is petrified.
(c) The occupants intentionally took steps to preserve it.
(d) It has been encased in peat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jakob see ascending?

2. What does Ioannis tell of losing?

3. How old is Jakob when Athos takes him to Athens?

4. How does Jakob survive?

5. Who is Jakob Beer?

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