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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dr. Stern’s first name in the novel?
(a) Howard.
(b) David.
(c) Michael.
(d) Anders.

2. Who is the young man that Olin encounters outside of a cottage by the concentration camp and holding a blueprint in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Stern.
(b) Stefan.
(c) Mirek.
(d) Rabbi Dan.

3. 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.

4. The traveler is said to have once been a resident of what location in the U.S. in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) New Brunswick, New Jersey.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Los Angeles, California.
(d) Queens, New York.

5. The man who points out the different locations at the camp in the dormitory in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 says to the traveler, “Why do you stare, if I may ask? You never see” what before?
(a) “An Arabic Jew.”
(b) “An Islamic Norwegian.”
(c) “A Nordic Jew.”
(d) “An American Jew.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Earwig say his first name is in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

2. Who stands against the “diabolical” concept of dancing at Auschwitz and condemns those who danced, regardless of the fact that he’d joined in, in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

3. What is the name of the younger Catholic novice on the retreat?

4. What is the name of the camp that the traveler has come to in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

5. What word used in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11 refers to a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water containing medicinal substances?

(see the answer key)

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