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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. Why does Jakob suffer from scurvy?
(a) The Nazis loot the fruit groves.
(b) There is a storm that knocks their three fruit trees down.
(c) There is a drought and the fruit trees die.
(d) They cannot afford to buy fruit.

2. What does Ben find tucked into the roof of where he is staying?
(a) Jakob's private study.
(b) A key.
(c) A map.
(d) A book of burial locations.

3. What does Ben picture about Jakob's journals?
(a) How Jakob was so faithful in recording in them every day.
(b) Where Jakob might have buried them.
(c) Where Jakob might have sat to write many of the journals.
(d) Why Jakob burns some of them.

4. What does Athos do because he senses he is running out of time?
(a) Sends Jakob out more and more often to become self-sufficient.
(b) Contacts his family.
(c) Gets Jakob secure financially.
(d) Writes his book.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Jakob hoped would happen upon marrying Alex?

2. What does legend say the Manitoulins did?

3. What does Jakob say every moment is?

4. How does Jakob feel in Greece?

5. What does Jakob see ascending?

(see the answer key)

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