2. Why does Athos take Jakob to Athens?
(a) To contact the Polish embassy.
(b) To register for the University.
(c) To show him some of the ancient Greek architecture.
(d) To search for information about Bella and Aunt Ida's fate.

3. What does Jakob say every moment is?
(a) Pain relived.
(b) Two moments.
(c) A chance.
(d) An opportunity.

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

5. What does Jacob see boys doing to produce squawks?
(a) Blowing homemade pipes.
(b) Sliding their fingers on wires.
(c) Blowing on leaves of grass.
(d) Blowing across bottle openings.

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

7. How is the site perfectly preserved?
(a) The occupants intentionally took steps to preserve it.
(b) It has been encased in peat.
(c) It is petrified.
(d) It is only partially preserved.

8. What does Jakob miss when living with Athos?
(a) His dog.
(b) His mother's tender good-night kiss.
(c) The most important events in his life.
(d) His father's laugh.

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

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

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

12. What is Athos' professional specialty?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Archeology.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Geology.

13. What about Jakob does Alex have difficulty accepting?
(a) His Jewish background.
(b) His obsession with Bella.
(c) His halting English.
(d) His shyness.

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

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