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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Jakob write letters?
(a) The German government after the end of WWII.
(b) No one.
(c) His cousins in the United States.
(d) The dead.

2. How does Jakob survive?
(a) Because he was taught to do so.
(b) By the kindness of several stangers.
(c) Finds food at night and hides in the day.
(d) By relying upon more experienced adulst.

3. What do Athos' stories begin to do for Jakob?
(a) Helps him finish grieving.
(b) Make sense.
(c) Calm him.
(d) Change his way of thinking about what happens to his family.

4. How does Alex act?
(a) Rebellious.
(b) Naive.
(c) Jaded.
(d) Sophisticated.

5. What does Jakob dream about as he sleeps?
(a) His parents being led off in handcuffs.
(b) Bella.
(c) The way his mother used to hold him.
(d) His parents being shot.

6. What does Athos say the sight of many birds is?
(a) Bad luck.
(b) A sign that the heavens are whispering advice.
(c) Good luck.
(d) The sign of prayers comforting the dead.

7. Who is Kostas Mitsialis?
(a) A Greek Orthodox priest.
(b) The Polish consul.
(c) An old colleague of Athos.
(d) The mayor of Athens.

8. Where do Athos and Jakob take up residence in Toronto?
(a) Heathside Gardens Apartments.
(b) Athos' third cousin's home.
(c) Men's homeless shelter.
(d) The home of another professor.

9. Who is Jakob Beer?
(a) An archeology professor at Oxford.
(b) A young boy.
(c) A priest.
(d) An elderly man who is about to die.

10. What does Athos do when he sees Jakob?
(a) Starts crying.
(b) Hids Jakob under his coat.
(c) Tells Jakob where to find Bella.
(d) Tries to shoot Jakob.

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

12. What is "Bearing False Witness"?
(a) A new law that discriminates against minorities in Canada.
(b) A book Kostas just published.
(c) A book Jakob is writing.
(d) A tribute to comrades lost at Biskupin.

13. What spoils the sex between Jakob and Alex?
(a) Jakob's nightmares.
(b) Alex's indifference.
(c) The close quarters in which they live.
(d) Their regular arguments.

14. Around which of Alex's friends does Jakob feel insecure?
(a) Her Marxist friends.
(b) Her intellectual friends.
(c) Her Zionist friends.
(d) Her Beat friends.

15. What often makes Athos feel depressed?
(a) Seeing Jakob growing away from Jakob's heritage.
(b) Thinking about Helen.
(c) Feeling Jakob pull away from him.
(d) Writing about those lost at Biskupin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jakob miss when living with Athos?

2. What reminds Jakob of his mother and Bella?

3. Who is Mones?

4. Who hunts down and kills anyone well off?

5. What does Athos insist that Jakob do?

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