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

2. Why does Jakob suffer from scurvy?
(a) There is a storm that knocks their three fruit trees down.
(b) The Nazis loot the fruit groves.
(c) They cannot afford to buy fruit.
(d) There is a drought and the fruit trees die.

3. What does Jakob miss when living with Athos?
(a) His dog.
(b) The most important events in his life.
(c) His mother's tender good-night kiss.
(d) His father's laugh.

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

5. Why does Jakob not return to a grocery he shops at?
(a) He hears someone speak German.
(b) He hears a little boy being cursed as a Jew.
(c) He hates the food they sell.
(d) He misunderstands the grocer's thick accent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacob see boys doing to produce squawks?

2. What does Athos say the sight of many birds is?

3. What does Jakob wonder if remembering does?

4. In what type of ground does Athos say one should be buried?

5. What does Jakob feel inside him?

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