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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Vertical Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michaela do for Ben?
(a) Softens his perceptions of Jakob's pain.
(b) Lets him see the future.
(c) Intensifies his belief in Jakob's vision.
(d) Lets him see the past.

2. When does Jakob feel safe above ground for the first time?
(a) Emerging from some caves he is exploring.
(b) Lying in Michaela's arms.
(c) Camping out in a birch forest during an electrical storm.
(d) Laying a wreath where Athos' ashes are buried.

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

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

5. What is possible with recorded history?
(a) It can be erased.
(b) It can be forgotten.
(c) It can be resurrected.
(d) It can be altered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reminds Ben of his parents' shoes and mended clothing?

2. How does Jakob survive?

3. What does Jakob witness as he is hiding?

4. How does Jakob feel in Greece?

5. What happens in 1968, which is the opening to Book I?

(see the answer key)

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