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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 does Jakob feel safe above ground for the first time?
(a) Lying in Michaela's arms.
(b) Camping out in a birch forest during an electrical storm.
(c) Laying a wreath where Athos' ashes are buried.
(d) Emerging from some caves he is exploring.

2. What does legend say the Manitoulins did?
(a) Burn down their island to exorcise a spirit.
(b) Cut themselves with thousands of tiny cuts to exercise demons.
(c) Force roles upon each person.
(d) Exorcise every youth and some did not survive.

3. What is Michaela's occupation?
(a) Museum administrator.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Vineyard adminstrator.
(d) Housewife.

4. When does Jakob finish writing his life's stories?
(a) Summer, 1992.
(b) Fall, 1993.
(c) Winter, 1994.
(d) Spring, 1990.

5. Who visits Ben before he is five?
(a) Jakob Beer.
(b) A demon.
(c) An angel.
(d) His maternal grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does Ben search for Jakob's journals?

2. Why does Jakob say Germans tried to dehumanize Jews?

3. About what did Ben have nightmares?

4. How does Jakob's home influence Jakob?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the parable of the rabbi traveling incognito and what is the moral of the parable?

2. How does Jakob relate a theory by Einstein to the Holocaust?

3. What does Jakob think about concerning a child?

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

5. What is the significance of the color yellow?

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

7. What does Ben say about lightning?

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

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

10. What does Ben recall about his father and mother when Ben is growing up?

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