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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Josef Mengele join the Nazi Party?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1929.

2. Who leads the Christian prayer service that Olin attends with Professor Adina Schreier in the beginning of Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6?
(a) Sister Maria.
(b) Sister Ann-Marie.
(c) Sister Catherine.
(d) Sister Angela.

3. At least how many prisoners died at Auschwitz during the Holocaust?
(a) 4.3 million.
(b) 1.1 million.
(c) 2.3 million.
(d) 3.2 million.

4. What poet does Olin quote in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11 when he describes “something not known to anyone at all but wild in our breast for centuries”?
(a) Anna Akhmatova.
(b) Primo Levi.
(c) Aharon Appelfeld.
(d) Franz Xaver Schwarz.

5. How long is the retreat to last, according to Dr. Stern in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 3 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the one survivor on the fleet of ships that G. Earwig’s family fled on, according to the information he’s discovered in Part IV: “In Paradise” opens in Chapters 15?

2. Who does Dr. Stern describe as “Me-firsters even in grief, these people” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

3. What is the name of Eva’s friend who is described as a self-taught painter and who survived at Auschwitz for four years?

4. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6 means characterized by bitter or scornful derision?

5. What word used in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11 means to give a false or misleading appearance to, or to conceal the truth?

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