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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) September, 1939.
(c) December, 1941.
(d) June, 1940.

2. 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) Admission of guild during the Holocaust.
(b) The ordination of female priests.
(c) The use of birth control.
(d) Gay marriage.

3. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to the appearance of the face?
(a) Chiaroscuro.
(b) Silhouette.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Visage.

4. Where does the narrator say Dr. Olin attended university in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Delaware.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What personal torment does “Big Erna” describe when she stands before the attendees in the dining area in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?

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?

4. How many synagogues does Erna say used to serve Oswiecim in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?

5. Where is Ben Lama’s retreat assistant from, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

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