1. What was Josef Mengele’s nickname?
(a) The Angel of Death.
(b) The Murder Machine.
(c) The President of Evil.
(d) The Mad Doctor.

2. What does the traveler order for Wanda to drink when they return to the café for his luggage in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Hot cocoa.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Beer.

3. Where was Clements Olin’s mother’s family from?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Lublin.
(c) Olsztyn.
(d) Silesia.

4. Who does the traveler say “styled herself ‘a Queen of Poland’” and displayed the Cecilia Gallerani portrait in the Royal Palace, in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Mary Höss.
(b) Maria Levi.
(c) Brigitte Frank.
(d) Emilie Schwarz.

5. 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?
(a) Chiaroscuro.
(b) Shofar.
(c) Kaddish.
(d) Vorarbeiter.

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 word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5 refers to people of noble or high rank?

3. What is the name of Ben Lama’s retreat assistant, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

4. At least how many prisoners died at Auschwitz during the Holocaust?

5. What word from the novel refers to an Israeli community settlement, usually agricultural, that is organized under collectivist principles?

(see the answer key)

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