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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, The Drowned City.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What time does the painted clock at Treblinka station always read?
(a) 9 o'clock.
(b) 12 o'clock.
(c) 1 o'clock.
(d) 3 o'clock.

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

4. What does Jakob dream about as he sleeps?
(a) The way his mother used to hold him.
(b) His parents being shot.
(c) His parents being led off in handcuffs.
(d) Bella.

5. Who visits Ben before he is five?
(a) His maternal grandmother.
(b) An angel.
(c) Jakob Beer.
(d) A demon.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what did Ben have nightmares?

2. What restaurants do Athos and Jakob frequent?

3. What is Jakob to do when Alex leaves him?

4. What reminds Jakob of his mother and Bella?

5. What volume does Jakob select to read himself to sleep?

(see the answer key)

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