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

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

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

4. What do the Greeks seem to have caught from the Germans?
(a) The virus of exclusion.
(b) The virus of violence.
(c) War as a way of change.
(d) Death as a solution.

5. What do Athos' stories evoke in Jakob?
(a) The desire for revenge.
(b) The desire to confront his family's killers.
(c) The need to know what happened to his parents.
(d) Images of Jakob's family and friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jakob feel inside him?

2. About what does Jakob feel wrong?

3. To what is Athos prone?

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

5. What does Athos say a good deed does?

(see the answer key)

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