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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 stories does Ben tell Petra?
(a) About how he escapes his home.
(b) About his parents' experience in Treblinka.
(c) About Jakob and Michaela.
(d) About him and Naomi.

2. What can ball lightning do in a room?
(a) There is no such thing as ball lightning.
(b) Circle it and exit without causing any harm.
(c) It can blow out all the electronics without ever touching any of them.
(d) It can make your clothes shrink.

3. How does Jakob's home influence Jakob?
(a) It gives him a belief in the future.
(b) It gives him the confidence to write Groundwork.
(c) It gives him a feeling of belonging.
(d) It gives him a feeling of safety to work.

4. What does Ben's father forbid anyone mentioning?
(a) Relatives.
(b) Hitler's name.
(c) The love of God.
(d) The past.

5. Over what have Ben and Naomi been fighting when they meet Jakob and Michaela?
(a) Having children.
(b) The care Naomi gives her parents' grave.
(c) Moving to Israel.
(d) Naomi working outside the home.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ben first meet Jakob and Michaela?

2. What does Ben study carefully that is a bit disorienting?

3. Of what does being moral consist in the time of the Holocaust?

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

5. What reminds Ben of his parents' shoes and mended clothing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What impact does being in Idhra have on Jakob?

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

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

5. What is Jakob's work in Greece?

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

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

8. Describe Jakob's first meeting with Michaela.

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

10. What does Ben say about lightning?

(see the answer keys)

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