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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the younger Catholic novice on the retreat?
(a) Sister Catherine.
(b) Sister Ann-Marie.
(c) Sister Angela.
(d) Sister Maria.

2. What German word for “housewife” does Earwig use in a derogatory manner in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6?
(a) Kibbutz.
(b) Hausfrau.
(c) Kaddish.
(d) Shofar.

3. The retreat’s unofficial “spiritual leader” is nicknamed what, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Malan.
(b) Stefan.
(c) Hanz Frank.
(d) Ben Lama.

4. Where was Clements Olin’s mother’s family from?
(a) Lublin.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Silesia.
(d) Olsztyn.

5. What Polish province was “a hub for seasonal harvest labor transported across northern Europe” prior to World War II, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) Szlachta.
(b) Oswiecim.
(c) Lublin.
(d) Olsztyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wanda read on the sign as the young couple enters the gates at the compound to drop off the traveler in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

2. Who is the survivor-writer that is quoted in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 has having said “The Holocaust belongs to the type of enormous experience that reduces one to silence. Any utterance, any statement, any ‘answer’ is tiny, meaningless, and occasionally ridiculous”?

3. The man who points out the different locations at the camp in the dormitory in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 says to the traveler, “Why do you stare, if I may ask? You never see” what before?

4. What word is used to describe the ram’s horn blown as a wind instrument in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

5. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to the appearance of the face?

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