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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 Naomi do to escape the heat and humidity?
(a) Turns the A/C on high in her car.
(b) Turns the thermostat down in the house.
(c) Lies in the spring in the back of the house.
(d) Takes a cold shower.

2. Why does Athos take Jakob to Athens?
(a) To register for the University.
(b) To contact the Polish embassy.
(c) To search for information about Bella and Aunt Ida's fate.
(d) To show him some of the ancient Greek architecture.

3. What is the moral of the parable about the rabbi?
(a) Nothing erases an immoral act.
(b) Be kind to all since you do not know if someone is an angel.
(c) Forgiveness is possible but penance is required.
(d) Forgivness is not automatic.

4. What is Zakynthos like?
(a) Thriving.
(b) People he does not know live there.
(c) He cannot even find it.
(d) In ruins.

5. Where does Athos take Jakob?
(a) Italy.
(b) Zakynthos Island.
(c) The United States.
(d) Crete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Athos do when he sees Jakob?

2. Upon what does Jakob sometimes lecture?

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

4. Who is Helen?

5. Where does Jakob learn to live a normal life as Athos prepares for their move to Canada?

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