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

2. Who is Athos?
(a) Bella's contact.
(b) A man Jakob approaches.
(c) Jakob's grandfather.
(d) Jakob's uncle.

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

4. What does Jakob feel inside him?
(a) His father telling him to run.
(b) His mother saying goodbye.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His sister's terror.

5. Where does Jakob learn to live a normal life as Athos prepares for their move to Canada?
(a) From Sikelianos.
(b) From Kostas and Daphne.
(c) He does not learn this.
(d) From the other boys of the town.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Athos' stories begin to do for Jakob?

3. Who is Jakob Beer?

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

5. To whom does Jakob write letters?

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