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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 Jakob think Bella wants to do for him?
(a) Show him his potential.
(b) Teach him love.
(c) Get close enough to push him back into the world.
(d) Show him how well they all are.

2. What time does the painted clock at Treblinka station always read?
(a) 9 o'clock.
(b) 12 o'clock.
(c) 3 o'clock.
(d) 1 o'clock.

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

4. How does Jakob feel when he returns to Greece?
(a) Disoriented.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Happy.
(d) As if he were home.

5. Where does Jakob look through Athos' library?
(a) In Roussos.
(b) In the basement of the public library.
(c) He cannot locate Athos' library.
(d) At the home of a former Nazi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does the house remind Ben?

2. What opinion does Jakob offer on the issue about which Naomi and Ben are fighting?

3. Of what does Michaela speak enthusiastically?

4. Who visits Ben before he is five?

5. In what color can a Polish painter Jakob meets not paint?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Ben's parents described?

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

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

4. How does Ben find Jakob's study?

5. What is Jakob's work in Greece?

6. What does Jakob think about concerning a child?

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

8. Describe Jakob's visions of prisoners going to the gas chamber.

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

10. Describe Jakob's first meeting with Michaela.

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