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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. Who preaches freedom at Palamas' funeral?
(a) Mitsialis.
(b) Sikelianos.
(c) No one.
(d) Athos.

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

3. What does Athos say luck requires?
(a) Heeding warnings.
(b) The gods' benevolence.
(c) Being ready for it.
(d) Being good.

4. How is Alex actually?
(a) Passionately naive.
(b) Cold.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Awkwardly innocent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of ground does Athos say one should be buried?

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

3. What does Jakob say every moment is?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the day-to-day life of Jakob and Athos.

2. How does the relationship between Alex and Jakob evolve?

3. How does Jakob meet Alex?

4. What thoughts does Jakob have about the Catalan Atlas and history?

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

6. Where is Jakob Beer at the opening of the novel, and what is he doing?

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

8. What does Jakob sense from his hiding place as his family is killed?

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

10. How does Bella continue to impact Jakob's life?

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