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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. Where does Jakob run?
(a) Into the forest.
(b) To his aunt and uncle's home.
(c) To the bog.
(d) To his grandparent's home.

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

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

4. With what does Athos help Jakob as far as the subtleties?
(a) Bureaucracies.
(b) English.
(c) Customs of the Canadians.
(d) Shopping.

5. What does Athos do for relaxation?
(a) Watches television.
(b) Walks.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Gardens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jakob think about the Catalan Atlas?

3. Of what is Athos the last?

4. What reminds Jakob of his mother and Bella?

5. What often makes Athos feel depressed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Athos relate natural phenomenon to railroads and the Holocaust?

3. What does Jakob think concerning the dead?

4. How does Jakob contrast history and memory?

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

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

7. How does Jakob learn English, and of what is he proud as he is mastering the language?

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

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

10. Why does Athos choose Toronto as the place to relocate?

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