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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. When are Ben's parents liberated from a concentration camp?
(a) His mother is pregnant with Ben when they are liberated.
(b) Ten years before his birth.
(c) When he is two.
(d) Four years before his birth.

2. How does Jakob feel in Greece?
(a) Completely at home.
(b) A prodigal son.
(c) At home and forever a stranger.
(d) A pariah.

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

4. How is Naomi described as usually being?
(a) Warm.
(b) Shy.
(c) Aloof.
(d) Exuberant.

5. How does the famed rabbi travel in the parable?
(a) With much elaborate preparations.
(b) Simply but openly.
(c) Incognito.
(d) Ostentatiously.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ben react to the sight of the harbor at Idhra?

2. What can lightning to to clothing?

3. Where does Jakob look through Athos' library?

4. What does Jakob note about how Jews live?

5. What does Naomi do to escape the heat and humidity?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are some facets to Naomi?

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

6. How does Ben's relationship with Petra evolve?

7. How does Ben's father escape a Nazi camp?

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

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

10. What is Jakob's work in Greece?

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