2. Of what is Athos the last?
(a) Those who can read a specialized Greek.
(b) A seafaring family.
(c) Those who can interpret a rare hieroglyphic alphabet.
(d) His siblings.

3. Who is Helen?
(a) Jakob's one surviving aunt.
(b) Athos' deceased sister.
(c) Athos' deceased wife.
(d) A woman Jakob stays with for several months.

4. What is Alex's father's occupation?
(a) Architect.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Physician.
(d) Music conductor.

5. Who deliberately smashes and reburies this site?
(a) The international archeological consortium.
(b) The country's government.
(c) The Nazis.
(d) The local government of the region.

6. What often makes Athos feel depressed?
(a) Thinking about Helen.
(b) Feeling Jakob pull away from him.
(c) Seeing Jakob growing away from Jakob's heritage.
(d) Writing about those lost at Biskupin.

7. What spoils the sex between Jakob and Alex?
(a) Their regular arguments.
(b) Alex's indifference.
(c) The close quarters in which they live.
(d) Jakob's nightmares.

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

9. Where does Jakob sit when Athos goes to town?
(a) In the cellar.
(b) On the widow's walk.
(c) Beside an old sea chest.
(d) By the window.

10. With what composer was Bella once obsessed?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Bartok.

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

12. How do Jakob and Athos improve Jakob's English?
(a) By making up characters and stories in English.
(b) By listening to the radio.
(c) By listening to television shows.
(d) By only speaking English at home.

13. To whom does Jakob write letters?
(a) The dead.
(b) No one.
(c) His cousins in the United States.
(d) The German government after the end of WWII.

14. Who is Kostas Mitsialis?
(a) The mayor of Athens.
(b) A Greek Orthodox priest.
(c) An old colleague of Athos.
(d) The Polish consul.

15. What does Jakob miss when living with Athos?
(a) His dog.
(b) The most important events in his life.
(c) His mother's tender good-night kiss.
(d) His father's laugh.