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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. About what does Maurice worry?
(a) That Maurice will have to work many hours with Ben.
(b) That Jakob's journals are lost in the huge library.
(c) That Ben will misinterpret Jakob's journals.
(d) That Ben will not be persistent.

2. What is one thing Ben dreads when young?
(a) Piano lessons.
(b) Hebrew lessons.
(c) Going to school.
(d) Attending synagogue.

3. Where does Jakob image Bella being?
(a) A home for orphans.
(b) A camp barracks.
(c) A German officer's home.
(d) A vault.

4. Of what does the house remind Ben?
(a) Uninterrupted lives when Vesuvius erupted.
(b) Uninterrupted lives when an avalanche buried a Canadian town in the Rockies.
(c) Uninterrupted lives when Krakatoa erupted.
(d) Uninterrupted lives when the last tidal wave struck Japan when he was there.

5. What does Ben study carefully that is a bit disorienting?
(a) A dry-docked ship.
(b) A hand-drawn map.
(c) A intricate pattern on the den's wallpaper.
(d) A labyrinthine in the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ben arrive on Idhra?

2. For what does Jakob yearn?

3. When are Ben's parents liberated from a concentration camp?

4. What can ball lightning do in a room?

5. What does making love with Petra do for Ben?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ben compare Petra's skin and lightning imprints?

2. Who visits Ben before he is five and what is the result?

3. Describe Jakob's first meeting with Michaela.

4. Describe Ben's futile search for Jakob's journals.

5. What does Michaela say about her parents and the pioneer museum?

6. What is Jakob's work in Greece?

7. How are Jakob's initial days in Greece?

8. What does Ben find in Jakob's study?

9. What does Jakob think about as far as the Nazis' effort to dehumanize the Jews?

10. How does Jakob "win" Naomi's heart?

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