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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1945.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1944.

2. Where does the bus drop off G. Earwig in the opening of Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?
(a) At the cathedral.
(b) At the airport.
(c) At a hotel.
(d) At the train station.

3. Who is the rabbi that leads the Jewish prayer service by the ash pit in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?
(a) Rabbi Dan.
(b) Rabbi Glock.
(c) Rabbi Stein.
(d) Rabbi Appelfeld.

4. Who is said to be “grievously disappointed in his death camp experience and ‘heavy of heart’ as well, perceiving all Poland as ‘one big cemetery’” in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?
(a) Rabbi Dan.
(b) Viktor Frankl.
(c) Jaroslav.
(d) Rabbi Glock.

5. What city does the traveler arrive in after taking a cab from the airport in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Olsztyn.
(c) Lublin.
(d) Cracow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the novel refers to the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers?

2. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7 means resisting authority or control, or disobedient?

3. Whom does the traveler recall having said to him of his trip to Poland, “You really have no choice about it, do you?” in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

4. When was Josef Mengele born?

5. Malan says to Olin in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13, “The only way to understand such evil is to” what?

(see the answer key)

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