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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, The Gradual Instant.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jakob to do when Alex leaves him?
(a) Find a more suitable wife.
(b) Return to Greece.
(c) Not step outside the door.
(d) Return to Poland.

2. What is the state of Greece during this time?
(a) It better off than many of the post-WWII countries, but not real good.
(b) It has become a strong, financial center of the area.
(c) It is in ruins.
(d) It is rapidly recovering from WWII.

3. Why does Jakob not return to a grocery he shops at?
(a) He hears someone speak German.
(b) He hates the food they sell.
(c) He misunderstands the grocer's thick accent.
(d) He hears a little boy being cursed as a Jew.

4. What does legend say the Manitoulins did?
(a) Force roles upon each person.
(b) Exorcise every youth and some did not survive.
(c) Cut themselves with thousands of tiny cuts to exercise demons.
(d) Burn down their island to exorcise a spirit.

5. What had Jakob hoped would happen upon marrying Alex?
(a) He would no longer have a past.
(b) It would bring light into his life.
(c) He would become someone all together different.
(d) He would know why he was alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Athos the last?

2. Where does Jakob sit when Athos goes to town?

3. Who is Kostas Mitsialis?

4. What does Michaela do when Jakob tells her about Bella?

5. Who hunts down and kills anyone well off?

(see the answer key)

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