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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, The Way Station.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long is it before the attraction between Jakob and Alex ends?
(a) Five years.
(b) Seven months.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

3. What happens in 1968, which is the opening to Book I?
(a) Jakob and Bella enter a soundless, colorful dream.
(b) Jakob meets a girl who reminds him of Bella.
(c) Jakob stops dreaming.
(d) Jakob meets Athos' only living relative.

4. To what is Athos prone?
(a) Euphoria.
(b) Doubt.
(c) Depression.
(d) Fits of rage.

5. What is Ben's favorite poet?
(a) Militias.
(b) Jakob Beer.
(c) Athos.
(d) He is not a lover of poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Athos and Jakob gather?

2. How is Alex actually?

3. Who is Kostas Mitsialis?

4. What effect does hearing the old tongue have on Jakob?

5. What time does the painted clock at Treblinka station always read?

(see the answer key)

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