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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, The Drowned City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What opinion does Jakob offer on the issue about which Naomi and Ben are fighting?
(a) He supports Ben.
(b) He thinks a compromise is fairly easy.
(c) He has no opinion.
(d) He supports Naomi.

2. Who is Jakob Beer?
(a) A priest.
(b) An elderly man who is about to die.
(c) A young boy.
(d) An archeology professor at Oxford.

3. What reminds Jakob of his mother and Bella?
(a) Seeing all the Jewish woman coming out of the caves.
(b) Daphne's goodbye squeeze.
(c) Seeing all the Jewish woman coming down from the hills.
(d) A guess from a young woman at the docks.

4. How does Athos know how to cook food that he forages?
(a) His mother taught him.
(b) He watched his grandmother as a boy.
(c) From ancient books.
(d) Through trial and error.

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 for revenge.
(d) The desire to confront his family's killers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Athos?

2. What does Ben's father forbid anyone mentioning?

3. What effect does hearing the old tongue have on Jakob?

4. What causes Jakob to want to show Michaela the Aegean?

5. What does Athos teach Jakob to cook?

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