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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, The Way Station.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "Bearing False Witness"?
(a) A new law that discriminates against minorities in Canada.
(b) A book Kostas just published.
(c) A tribute to comrades lost at Biskupin.
(d) A book Jakob is writing.

2. With what does Athos help Jakob as far as the subtleties?
(a) Customs of the Canadians.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Bureaucracies.
(d) English.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Athos do during the night?

2. What does Jakob sense one day?

3. What does Athos say luck requires?

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

5. What does Jakob wonder about Holocaust survivors?

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