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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 word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 means extreme suffering and/or torment?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Kaddish.
(c) Shofar.
(d) Martyrdom.
2. In what year does the narrator say that Olin’s grandparents “had prevailed upon their son Alexei, a young lieutenant of the cavalry, to escort them in their flight abroad to England and America” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1942.
3. What object does Dr. Olin recall “collapsing upon itself in an October field in the New England dusk” “as the loneliest thing he’d ever seen,” according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) An old car.
(b) A pumpkin.
(c) A train car.
(d) A house.
4. What is the name of Rainer’s uncle that he says he’s come to Auschwitz to honor in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?
(a) Milan.
(b) Werner.
(c) Stefan.
(d) Lublin.
5. Who does Dr. Stern describe as “Me-firsters even in grief, these people” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Polish.
(c) The French.
(d) The Jews.
Short Answer Questions
1. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 means to fear something greatly and/or to be in extreme apprehension of something?
2. What mountains does the narrator describe rising in the south toward Slovakia in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
3. Who is the “glum American rabbi” that instructs the other retreat attendees about the ram’s horn in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
4. Who is described as “Becca’s companion, a violinist with long black hair” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?
5. What Viennese Holocaust survivor is quoted in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5 as having said, “We who have come back, we know. The best of us did not return”?
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