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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jacob convince his parents it would be good for him to visit?
(a) An island near Wales.
(b) An island off the coast of Portugal.
(c) An island off the coast of Spain.
(d) An island off the coast of Iceland.

2. What is one story Abe tells Jacob?
(a) About how Jacob's father became so rigid.
(b) About how Jacob's mother dies.
(c) About a school for peculiar children.
(d) About a medium who makes a prophesy about Jacob.

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

4. What shocks Jacob when he is looking at some papers from the trunk in Chapter 5?
(a) There is a picture of him, who shouldn't have been born yet.
(b) There is a picture of his mother, who shouldn't have been born yet.
(c) There is a picture of his father, who shouldn't have been born yet.
(d) The girl in on photo is looking down at him.

5. Where does Emma shove Jacob while they are in the Priest's Hole?
(a) Up the stairs.
(b) Into the kitchen.
(c) Down the hole.
(d) Out the back door.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Abe take it when Jacob says he no longer believes Abe's stories?

2. Who has joined Emma when Jacob wakes from a faint in Chapter 5?

3. What does Jacob learn about "the Home" when he arrives on the island?

4. How does Jacob sleep the first night at the inn?

5. From where had Abe escaped the Nazis?

(see the answer key)

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