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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. To what is Athos prone?
(a) Depression.
(b) Fits of rage.
(c) Doubt.
(d) Euphoria.

2. What does Ioannis tell of losing?
(a) His fishing boat.
(b) His livilihood.
(c) His family.
(d) His jewels.

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

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

5. What do Athos' stories evoke in Jakob?
(a) Images of Jakob's family and friends.
(b) The need to know what happened to his parents.
(c) The desire for revenge.
(d) The desire to confront his family's killers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reminds Jakob of his mother and Bella?

2. Who deliberately smashes and reburies this site?

3. What does Athos say luck requires?

4. Why does Jakob suffer from scurvy?

5. What are Australian and British soldiers described doing?

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