5. Of what is Jakob afraid concerning Michaela?
(a) Hurting her.
(b) Losing her.
(c) Giving her too much of himself.
(d) Giving her too little of herself.

6. What does Idhra do for Jakob?
(a) Opens his memory.
(b) Plunges him into a deeper depression.
(c) Liberates his mind.
(d) Liberates his heart.

7. How does the famed rabbi travel in the parable?
(a) Simply but openly.
(b) Ostentatiously.
(c) Incognito.
(d) With much elaborate preparations.

8. When are Ben's parents liberated from a concentration camp?
(a) His mother is pregnant with Ben when they are liberated.
(b) When he is two.
(c) Ten years before his birth.
(d) Four years before his birth.

9. Who are Yoshi and Tomas?
(a) Jakob's young sons.
(b) The Salmans' sons.
(c) Two vineyard workers.
(d) Two young scholars at the University.

10. What returns to Michaela when she speaks?
(a) Her mind.
(b) Her body.
(c) Her clarity.
(d) Her goodness.

11. What helps Ben understand his nightmares?
(a) His grandmother's letters.
(b) Reading Jakob Beer.
(c) Visiting Treblinka.
(d) Studying the Holocaust.

12. What does legend say the Manitoulins did?
(a) Cut themselves with thousands of tiny cuts to exercise demons.
(b) Force roles upon each person.
(c) Burn down their island to exorcise a spirit.
(d) Exorcise every youth and some did not survive.

13. What is Zakynthos like?
(a) People he does not know live there.
(b) He cannot even find it.
(c) Thriving.
(d) In ruins.

14. What does Michaela do for Ben?
(a) Intensifies his belief in Jakob's vision.
(b) Lets him see the future.
(c) Softens his perceptions of Jakob's pain.
(d) Lets him see the past.

15. What does Jakob think Bella wants to do for him?
(a) Get close enough to push him back into the world.
(b) Show him how well they all are.
(c) Show him his potential.
(d) Teach him love.