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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who deliberately smashes and reburies this site?
(a) The local government of the region.
(b) The Nazis.
(c) The country's government.
(d) The international archeological consortium.

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

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

5. What does Jakob see ascending?
(a) A flock of crows.
(b) A flock of vultures.
(c) Spirits.
(d) A blimp.

6. Where does Jakob sit when Athos goes to town?
(a) Beside an old sea chest.
(b) By the window.
(c) In the cellar.
(d) On the widow's walk.

7. What do the Jews do when the Germans take over the occupation of the country from the Italians?
(a) Pay Christians to hide them.
(b) Pay fishermen to take them to England.
(c) Hide in the catacombs under the city.
(d) Hide in the hills.

8. Where does Jakob run?
(a) To his grandparent's home.
(b) To the bog.
(c) To his aunt and uncle's home.
(d) Into the forest.

9. What does Athos insist that Jakob do?
(a) Keep up on his Hebrew.
(b) Keep up on his Greek.
(c) Forgive.
(d) Write down what he remembers of his family.

10. What is the name of the site where Jakob has just emerged?
(a) Luftkin.
(b) Beskupin.
(c) It has no official name.
(d) Garzupile.

11. How old is Jakob when Athos takes him to Athens?
(a) 9.
(b) 15.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

12. What does Jakob feel inside him?
(a) His father telling him to run.
(b) His mother saying goodbye.
(c) His sister's terror.
(d) Nothing.

13. What is Alex's father's occupation?
(a) Music conductor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Physician.
(d) Architect.

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

15. How does Athos know how to cook food that he forages?
(a) His mother taught him.
(b) From ancient books.
(c) He watched his grandmother as a boy.
(d) Through trial and error.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Athos the last?

2. Where do Athos and Jakob take up residence in Toronto?

3. What does Jakob miss when living with Athos?

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

5. About what continent does Athos talk to Jakob?

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