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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, The Stone-Carriers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ioannis tell of losing?
(a) His family.
(b) His livilihood.
(c) His jewels.
(d) His fishing boat.

2. What does Jakob see ascending?
(a) Spirits.
(b) A flock of crows.
(c) A flock of vultures.
(d) A blimp.

3. What does Jakob witness as he is hiding?
(a) The wrecking of the archeological site.
(b) His mother kissing his father before his father is shot.
(c) His parents being led away in handcuffs.
(d) His baby brother being carried away.

4. Where does Jakob run?
(a) Into the forest.
(b) To his aunt and uncle's home.
(c) To the bog.
(d) To his grandparent's home.

5. What do Athos' stories evoke in Jakob?
(a) The need to know what happened to his parents.
(b) Images of Jakob's family and friends.
(c) The desire to confront his family's killers.
(d) The desire for revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what continent does Athos talk to Jakob?

2. Where is Jakob's fifteen-year-old sister?

3. What does Jakob wonder if remembering does?

4. How old is this site?

5. From where has Jakob Beer just emerged at the opening of the novel?

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