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

2. Why does Jakob say Germans tried to dehumanize Jews?
(a) So they could receive approval of the world at large for their atrocities.
(b) So the Jews would believe the lies about themselves.
(c) To make it easier to murder them.
(d) To convince others that genocide was acceptable.

3. To what does Maurice suggest that Ben's thesis correlate?
(a) Colors.
(b) Tides.
(c) Weather.
(d) Work.

4. Of what does Jakob live in constant fear?
(a) Hearing the door being kicked in.
(b) His father's ghost ordering his to wreck vengeance.
(c) Athos making him leave.
(d) His mother's ghost wandering.

5. What helps Ben understand his nightmares?
(a) Studying the Holocaust.
(b) Visiting Treblinka.
(c) Reading Jakob Beer.
(d) His grandmother's letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben's father forbid anyone mentioning?

2. What does Jacob see boys doing to produce squawks?

3. How is the site perfectly preserved?

4. What causes Jakob to want to show Michaela the Aegean?

5. About what does Jakob feel wrong?

(see the answer key)

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