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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The traveler learns upon arriving in the city that the buses that go to his destination won’t be available before when, in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Monday.
(d) Next month.

2. 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 Jews.
(b) The French.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Polish.

3. How old was Olin when he was sent away to boarding school, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) 5.
(b) 13.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

4. How long is the retreat to last, according to Dr. Stern in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 weeks.

5. What hereditary class does the narrator say Old Baron Olinski had brought his antique red leather boots to the New World to denote, in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) The wiec class.
(b) The slave class.
(c) The schlachta class.
(d) The rycerz class.

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. The couple that take the traveler to see the sights of the city in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1 take him past the Royal Palace and what cathedral?

3. By what name does the narrator describe Block 11 in the concentration camp in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

4. Which of the retreat attendees is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 as “unaffiliated” in terms of religion and as having “no indicated nationality”?

5. When was the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova born?

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