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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what room does the traveler eat leftover food after his arrival at the concentration camp in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The coronation room.
(b) The selection platform.
(c) The gas chamber.
(d) The SS mess hall.

2. In what year did Rudolf Höss join the Nazi Party?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1922.

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) A train car.
(b) A pumpkin.
(c) An old car.
(d) A house.

4. When does the traveler describe southwest Poland having been seized by the Third Reich and Jews driven to the ghetto in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) August, 1938.
(b) December, 1941.
(c) June, 1940.
(d) September, 1939.

5. Whom does the traveler recall having said to him of his trip to Poland, “You really have no choice about it, do you?” in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His stepmother.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what saint do the Catholic novices offer a candle in the Hunger Cell in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

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

3. The traveler describes Cecilia Gallerani as whose adolescent mistress in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

4. How many Jews does the traveler tell his companions were murdered after World War II in Poland in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

5. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 means extreme suffering and/or torment?

(see the answer key)

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