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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Brick Gothic church that was “destroyed in the thirteenth century by Asian Tatars” and rebuilt in the fourteenth century, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Wawel Cathedral.
(b) Cathedral of St. Adalbert.
(c) Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
(d) St. Mary’s Basilica.

2. What day of the week is it when the traveler arrives in the city and tours it with the young couple in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

3. For what saint do the Catholic novices offer a candle in the Hunger Cell in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Saint Christina.
(b) Saint David.
(c) Saint Maximilian.
(d) Saint Mary.

4. Of those who witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust, Dr. Stern says what “is about all we have in common with those poor doomed bastards” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) “Our compassion.”
(b) “Our digestive tracts.”
(c) “Our grief.”
(d) “Our genetic code.”

5. What object does Dr. Olin recall “collapsing upon itself in an October field in the New England dusk” “as the loneliest thing he’d ever seen,” according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) A train car.
(b) An old car.
(c) A pumpkin.
(d) A house.

6. 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) “A Nordic Jew.”
(b) “An American Jew.”
(c) “An Islamic Norwegian.”
(d) “An Arabic Jew.”

7. 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?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His stepmother.
(d) His father.

8. What does the traveler attempt to give to Wanda before the couple departs, leaving him at the concentration camp, in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) A pearl bracelet.
(b) A piece of amber.
(c) A gold ring.
(d) A photograph.

9. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 means extreme suffering and/or torment?
(a) Shofar.
(b) Martyrdom.
(c) Kaddish.
(d) Fatigue.

10. Dr. Stern tells Dr. Olin in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 that the majority of the attendees at the retreat are Jews and Christians from what country?
(a) Israel.
(b) France.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Switzerland.

11. What mountains does the narrator describe rising in the south toward Slovakia in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The Pyrenees Mountains.
(b) The Tatra Mountains.
(c) The Alps.
(d) The Carpathian Mountains.

12. Who was the Governor General of Occupied Poland that confiscated the portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, according to the traveler in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) King Kasimierz.
(b) Hanz Frank.
(c) Aharon Appelfeld.
(d) Rudolf Höss.

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

14. In what room does the traveler eat leftover food after his arrival at the concentration camp in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The coronation room.
(b) The gas chamber.
(c) The selection platform.
(d) The SS mess hall.

15. What is the name of the camp that the traveler has come to in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The Auschwitz concentration camp.
(b) The Gross-Rosen concentration camp.
(c) The Chelmno extermination camp.
(d) The Mauthausen-Gusen camp.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. To whom does Ben Lama offer the microphone after opening the meeting following dinner at the museum auditorium in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

5. 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?

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