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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Ben arrive on Idhra?
(a) At a time of refreshing winds.
(b) When the tide surges are higher than normal.
(c) When a stifling air mass is becalmed over the area.
(d) In the middle of a serious typhoon.

2. Over what have Ben and Naomi been fighting when they meet Jakob and Michaela?
(a) Naomi working outside the home.
(b) Moving to Israel.
(c) The care Naomi gives her parents' grave.
(d) Having children.

3. Who visits Ben before he is five?
(a) An angel.
(b) A demon.
(c) Jakob Beer.
(d) His maternal grandmother.

4. Why can't Ben's father retire when he is of age?
(a) The official says his birth certificate is in error.
(b) His father retires with no problem.
(c) He has not worked enough years.
(d) He is not a citizen.

5. What does Michaela do when Jakob tells her about Bella?
(a) Jakob does not tell Michaela about Bella.
(b) She does not give much response as she does not know what to say.
(c) Weeps for her.
(d) Tries to reassure Jakob that she is in a better place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does being moral consist in the time of the Holocaust?

2. What does Jakob experience when he first wakes in Michaela's bed?

3. What is the name of Jakob's work that shows Athos' influence?

4. About what did Ben have nightmares?

5. What do Ben and Petra do inside of getting into the bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jakob's first meeting with Michaela.

2. How are Jakob's initial days in Greece?

3. What does Ben recall about his father and mother when Ben is growing up?

4. How does Ben's father escape a Nazi camp?

5. How does Jakob relate a theory by Einstein to the Holocaust?

6. What is Jakob's work in Greece?

7. How does Ben compare Petra's skin and lightning imprints?

8. What does Michaela say about her parents and the pioneer museum?

9. What are some facets to Naomi?

10. How does Ben find Jakob's study?

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