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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Athos say stones do?
(a) Roots one to their past.
(b) Give a sense of destiny.
(c) Give a sense of the importance of the moment.
(d) Hold human time.

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

4. What does Athos do when he sees Jakob?
(a) Starts crying.
(b) Hids Jakob under his coat.
(c) Tries to shoot Jakob.
(d) Tells Jakob where to find Bella.

5. Who is Palamas?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A poet.
(c) A priest.
(d) An historian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the state of Greece during this time?

2. Who preaches freedom at Palamas' funeral?

3. What does Jakob wonder if remembering does?

4. Why does Jakob suffer from scurvy?

5. What does Jakob feel inside him?

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