1. Who is the rabbi that leads the Jewish prayer service by the ash pit in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?
(a) Rabbi Dan.
(b) Rabbi Stein.
(c) Rabbi Appelfeld.
(d) Rabbi Glock.

2. What does Malan say in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13 “can speak when words cannot”?
(a) “The hand.”
(b) “Music.”
(c) “Love.”
(d) “The soul.”

3. What word is used by the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 to describe an overseer or “a privileged facilitator of the dirty work” at the concentration camps?
(a) Kaddish.
(b) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Shofar.
(d) Vorarbeiter.

4. Whom does Sister Catherine describe as her namesake in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 9?
(a) St. Catherine of Warsaw.
(b) St. Catherine of Siena.
(c) St. Catherine of Padua.
(d) St. Catherine of Milan.

5. What was Sister Catherine’s name prior to her entrance to novice hood, according to Stefan in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13?
(a) Amalia.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who relates the ancient tale of a man in sorrow who is comforted by a rabbi who tells him: “The only whole heart is the broken heart. But it must be wholly broken” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

2. What mountains does the narrator describe rising in the south toward Slovakia in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

3. What was the name of Clements Olin’s maternal grandmother?

4. In what year did Josef Mengele join the Nazi Party?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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