Here I Am Quiz

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Who does Jacob think he needs help from to get over Julia? (from Part 8, Home)

Julia herself.

Argus.

Irv.

The woman he texted.

What is the metaphoric parallel between the discovery made by Julia in the bathroom and the revelation made by Billie at the Model UN? (from Part 2, Learning Impermanence )

Both the phone found by Julia and the bomb revealed by Billie have immensely destructive potential.

Both the phone found by Julia and the bomb revealed by Billie represent the destructive power of male/female relationships.

Both the phone found by Julia and the bomb revealed by Billie represent conflict brought into the family by Sam.

Both the phone found by Julia and the bomb revealed by Billie represent long-held secrets.

Benjy’s idea to call Jacob’s house “The Wailing House” is a reference to what previously discussed element in the novel? (from Part 8, Home)

The Wailing House, a place in Other Life where avatars go to recover once they've been wounded.

The Wailing Wall, a historical site in Jerusalem where Jews go to pray.

The Wailing Room, a room in the family's synagogue where they go to grieve after a death.

The Wailing Wall, a historical site in Europe where Jews were killed in the Holocaust.

What was the last thing that Jacob and Julia were taught in the hospital before bringing Sam home? (from Part 6, The Destruction of Israel – Section 2)

That everything in a young child's life must be remembered with love.

That it is more important to be a good parent than a good Jew.

That everything in a young child's life will pass.

That being a parent is easier than everyone thinks.

What is the most likely way that the image of the suffering young woman relates to the events in the rest of Part 5, Section 1? (from Part 5, Not to Have a Choice is Also A Choice – Section 1)

It evokes, or suggests, the suffering that Jews in America are experiencing when they sympathetically witness the experience of non-Jews after the earthquake.

It evokes, or suggests, the suffering that non-Jews are experiencing in the aftermath of the earthquake.

It evokes, or suggests, the suffering that the various members of the Bloch family are experiencing.

It evokes, or suggests, the suffering that the various members of the Bloch family are inflicting on non-Jews.