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

2. How does Ben react to the sight of the harbor at Idhra?
(a) He finds it exciting but unintelligible.
(b) He thinks it's cluttered but interesting.
(c) He gasps.
(d) He is disappointed.

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

4. Where is Jakob's fifteen-year-old sister?
(a) In a boarding school.
(b) She is carried away by the Nazis.
(c) With Jakob in the bog.
(d) With Jakob in the cave.

5. What do the Greeks seem to have caught from the Germans?
(a) Death as a solution.
(b) War as a way of change.
(c) The virus of violence.
(d) The virus of exclusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michaela's occupation?

2. What is "No Mortal Foe"?

3. What does Michaela do when Jakob tells her about Bella?

4. What stories does Jakob remember Bella telling?

5. What about Jakob does Alex have difficulty accepting?

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