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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 does Athos do when he sees Jakob?
(a) Hids Jakob under his coat.
(b) Starts crying.
(c) Tells Jakob where to find Bella.
(d) Tries to shoot Jakob.

2. Where does Athos take Jakob?
(a) Italy.
(b) The United States.
(c) Zakynthos Island.
(d) Crete.

3. Who is Helen?
(a) Athos' deceased sister.
(b) Jakob's one surviving aunt.
(c) Athos' deceased wife.
(d) A woman Jakob stays with for several months.

4. What is the state of Greece during this time?
(a) It is in ruins.
(b) It is rapidly recovering from WWII.
(c) It better off than many of the post-WWII countries, but not real good.
(d) It has become a strong, financial center of the area.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Athos' stories begin to do for Jakob?

2. Of what does Jakob live in constant fear?

3. What often makes Athos feel depressed?

4. How does Jakob survive?

5. What does Jakob sense one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kostas say about Palamas and Sikelianos?

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

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

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

5. Why do Athos and Jakob identify with explorers of Antarctica?

6. What incident does Ioannis relate, and of what does it remind Jakob?

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

8. Describe Alex.

9. How does Jakob end up in Greece?

10. How does Jakob contrast history and memory?

(see the answer keys)

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