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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one photograph Abe shows Jacob?
(a) A girl who can fly.
(b) A girl who can swim under water for hours.
(c) A boy who can swim under water for hours.
(d) A boy who can become a leopard.

2. What do Jacob's father and aunt do with Jacob in Chapter 2?
(a) Take him to France on vacation.
(b) Take him to Canada on vacation.
(c) Take him to the United States on vacation.
(d) Take Jacob with them when they go to clean out Jacob's grandfather's home.

3. Why does Abe go to a special school when he is young?
(a) To escape monsters that are after him.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He is an orphan.
(d) He is extremely intelligent.

4. Who is Dr. Golan?
(a) A history professor.
(b) A psychiatrist.
(c) A geology professor and good friend of Jacob's grandfather.
(d) Jacob's mother's doctor.

5. How is Jacob's mother described?
(a) Down to earth and warm.
(b) Rich socialite.
(c) Disconsolate about Abe's death.
(d) Distracted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another photograph Abe shows Jacob in the Prologue?

2. What does Jacob notice about one of his grandfather's neighbors?

3. What does Jacob's grandfather want when he calls Jacob?

4. Why does Jacob and Ricky's friendship end?

5. What does Jacob say has recently changed in the novel’s Prologue?

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