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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 are Australian and British soldiers described doing?
(a) Handing out candy.
(b) Crying.
(c) Growling.
(d) Singing.

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

3. What effect does hearing the old tongue have on Jakob?
(a) It causes him to feel both fear and love.
(b) It causes him to feel confused.
(c) It reminds him that he is not the same as he was.
(d) It brings up images of his mother.

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

5. In what type of ground does Athos say one should be buried?
(a) Fertile ground.
(b) Rocky ground.
(c) Ground that will remember the dead person buried there.
(d) Sandy ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Athos do because he senses he is running out of time?

2. Who preaches freedom at Palamas' funeral?

3. What does Jakob witness as he is hiding?

4. How does Athos know how to cook food that he forages?

5. To whom does Jakob write letters?

(see the answer key)

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