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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Jakob do in his writing about his childhood that protects him?
(a) He writes in English.
(b) He writes several stories at once.
(c) He writes in the second person.
(d) He writes in the third person.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jakob learn to live a normal life as Athos prepares for their move to Canada?

2. How do Jakob and Athos improve Jakob's English?

3. What does Jakob dream about as he sleeps?

4. What does Jakob witness as he is hiding?

5. What is Jakob to do when Alex leaves him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Athos cause Jakob to understand the power of poetry?

2. Why do Athos and Jakob go to Athens and in what condition is Greece?

3. What does Jakob do after he witnesses the invasion of his home?

4. What often causes Athos to become depressed or angry?

5. Who is Athos and what does he pass on to Jakob?

6. What is Toronto like and where do Athos and Jakob go to live?

7. What is Jakob's reaction to reading Athos' letters?

8. What does Athos teach Jakob to cook, and why does Jakob stop going to the grocery store?

9. What did Jakob Beer witness as he hid in the bog?

10. What does Athos do and say before he and Jakob leave for Canada?

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