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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Adina tells Olin in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 that Sister Catherine was suspended from her teaching ministry and her novitiate for questioning the papal ban against what?
(a) Gay marriage.
(b) The use of birth control.
(c) The ordination of female priests.
(d) Admission of guild during the Holocaust.

2. How many female prisoners were held in each barrack of the women’s quarters, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 8?
(a) 700.
(b) 500.
(c) 300.
(d) 200.

3. 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) Shofar.
(c) Hausfrau.
(d) Kaddish.

4. The narrator says in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 that the “last prisoners in the Cracow ghetto, [Olin] has read, were transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in August” of what year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1943.

5. 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) Stefan.
(b) Lublin.
(c) Milan.
(d) Werner.

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 is Dr. Stern’s first name in the novel?

3. Who harasses the Catholic novices when they light a candle in the Hunger Cell in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

4. What is the name of Clements Olin’s father in the novel?

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

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