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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are Australian and British soldiers described doing?
(a) Growling.
(b) Crying.
(c) Singing.
(d) Handing out candy.

4. What does Athos do at the first sign of danger?
(a) Climbs in the sea chest.
(b) Sits in the chair shaking in terror.
(c) Makes his way up the mountain to a cave.
(d) Crawls under the bed.

5. Who is Palamas?
(a) A poet.
(b) An historian.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A priest.

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

7. What reminds Jakob of his mother and Bella?
(a) Seeing all the Jewish woman coming down from the hills.
(b) A guess from a young woman at the docks.
(c) Daphne's goodbye squeeze.
(d) Seeing all the Jewish woman coming out of the caves.

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

9. Why does Jakob not return to a grocery he shops at?
(a) He misunderstands the grocer's thick accent.
(b) He hears someone speak German.
(c) He hates the food they sell.
(d) He hears a little boy being cursed as a Jew.

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 Jakob think about the Catalan Atlas?
(a) It is very inaccurate.
(b) It is honest about designating unknown regions.
(c) It is breathtakingly beautiful.
(d) It is amazingly accurate.

12. 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.

13. About what does Jakob feel wrong?
(a) Writing about his sister when he does not know if she is alive.
(b) Being married to Alex and living in a foreign land.
(c) Leaving Athos' corpse in Toronto.
(d) Writing about his sister when she was alive.

14. Who is Mones?
(a) Another boy in the forest.
(b) Jakob's dog.
(c) Jakob's best friend.
(d) A friend of Jakob's grandfather.

15. What had Jakob hoped would happen upon marrying Alex?
(a) He would become someone all together different.
(b) He would no longer have a past.
(c) It would bring light into his life.
(d) He would know why he was alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Athos help Jakob as far as the subtleties?

2. What is Athos' professional specialty?

3. What does Athos do during the night?

4. Why does Athos take Jakob to Athens?

5. What about Jakob does Alex have difficulty accepting?

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