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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Vertical Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who preaches freedom at Palamas' funeral?
(a) Sikelianos.
(b) Athos.
(c) No one.
(d) Mitsialis.

3. What does Ben find tucked into the roof of where he is staying?
(a) A key.
(b) A book of burial locations.
(c) A map.
(d) Jakob's private study.

4. How old is Jakob when Athos takes him to Athens?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

5. Of what does being moral consist in the time of the Holocaust?
(a) The knowledge of what is happening and changing.
(b) The greatest acts.
(c) The tiniest acts.
(d) Refusing to participate in evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is too weak to come to Idhra?

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

3. What reminds Jakob of his mother and Bella?

4. Why does Jakob say Germans tried to dehumanize Jews?

5. What volume does Jakob select to read himself to sleep?

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