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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 do the Jews do when the Germans take over the occupation of the country from the Italians?
(a) Hide in the hills.
(b) Hide in the catacombs under the city.
(c) Pay fishermen to take them to England.
(d) Pay Christians to hide them.

2. With what does Ben write his parents are obsessed?
(a) Guns.
(b) Doors.
(c) Food.
(d) Information.

3. What about Jakob does Alex have difficulty accepting?
(a) His Jewish background.
(b) His shyness.
(c) His obsession with Bella.
(d) His halting English.

4. About what continent does Athos talk to Jakob?
(a) Antarctica.
(b) Asia.
(c) Australia.
(d) North American.

5. What often makes Athos feel depressed?
(a) Feeling Jakob pull away from him.
(b) Seeing Jakob growing away from Jakob's heritage.
(c) Writing about those lost at Biskupin.
(d) Thinking about Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Athos' stories begin to do for Jakob?

2. Why does Jakob suffer from scurvy?

3. When does Ben first meet Jakob and Michaela?

4. In what color can a Polish painter Jakob meets not paint?

5. Where does Jakob run?

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