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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Athos' stories begin to do for Jakob?
(a) Make sense.
(b) Calm him.
(c) Helps him finish grieving.
(d) Change his way of thinking about what happens to his family.

2. What does Jakob witness as he is hiding?
(a) His baby brother being carried away.
(b) The wrecking of the archeological site.
(c) His parents being led away in handcuffs.
(d) His mother kissing his father before his father is shot.

3. What happens in 1968, which is the opening to Book I?
(a) Jakob and Bella enter a soundless, colorful dream.
(b) Jakob stops dreaming.
(c) Jakob meets a girl who reminds him of Bella.
(d) Jakob meets Athos' only living relative.

4. Who is Helen?
(a) Athos' deceased wife.
(b) Jakob's one surviving aunt.
(c) A woman Jakob stays with for several months.
(d) Athos' deceased sister.

5. On what stories does Alex's father raise her?
(a) About Poland.
(b) About Russia.
(c) About Alexander the Great.
(d) About the British military.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Athos say a good deed does?

2. What does Athos insist that Jakob do?

3. What is the state of Greece during this time?

4. Where do Jakob and Alex meet?

5. What do Athos' stories evoke in Jakob?

(see the answer key)

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