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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. Where is Jakob's fifteen-year-old sister?
(a) She is carried away by the Nazis.
(b) With Jakob in the cave.
(c) With Jakob in the bog.
(d) In a boarding school.

2. Where does Jakob sit when Athos goes to town?
(a) In the cellar.
(b) By the window.
(c) Beside an old sea chest.
(d) On the widow's walk.

3. What does Athos insist that Jakob do?
(a) Keep up on his Hebrew.
(b) Keep up on his Greek.
(c) Write down what he remembers of his family.
(d) Forgive.

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

5. Why does Athos take Jakob to Athens?
(a) To register for the University.
(b) To contact the Polish embassy.
(c) To search for information about Bella and Aunt Ida's fate.
(d) To show him some of the ancient Greek architecture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jakob Beer?

2. Who is Kostas Mitsialis?

3. Who is Mones?

4. From where has Jakob Beer just emerged at the opening of the novel?

5. About what continent does Athos talk to Jakob?

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