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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many digits make up Malan’s prison number from Auschwitz?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

3. What is the name of the younger Catholic novice on the retreat?
(a) Sister Catherine.
(b) Sister Angela.
(c) Sister Ann-Marie.
(d) Sister Maria.

4. When was Josef Mengele born?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1911.

5. 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?
(a) David Stonior.
(b) Hanz Frank.
(c) Viktor Frankl.
(d) Aharon Appelfeld.

6. What is the name of the ship that G. Earwig has spent his life in search of, according to the narrator in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12?
(a) The Shofar.
(b) The Wilma.
(c) The Struma.
(d) The Kaddish.

7. According to the former patient of Dr. Allgeier’s who became a camp guard, Olin’s mother was recognized on the selection platform at Auschwitz in what year?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1942.

8. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6 refers to a person who is friendly to or admires England or English customs, etc.?
(a) Ecumenical.
(b) Pedantic.
(c) Anglophile.
(d) Vorarbeiter.

9. What German word for “housewife” does Earwig use in a derogatory manner in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6?
(a) Kibbutz.
(b) Hausfrau.
(c) Shofar.
(d) Kaddish.

10. Who is described in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6 as “a Czech whose mother had survived the first selection only to die within the next few hours”?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Eva.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Sister Catherine.

11. How many synagogues does Erna say used to serve Oswiecim in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

12. What word from Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16 means extremely or impassively steep?
(a) Disingenuous.
(b) Precipitous.
(c) Pedantic.
(d) Ecumenical.

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

14. When was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn born?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1941.

15. 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?
(a) The bombing of her home.
(b) Unjust imprisonment.
(c) Sexual abuse.
(d) Her children’s illnesses and deaths.

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 6 means characterized by bitter or scornful derision?

3. What name does Olin call out when chasing after Sister Catherine in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?

4. Erna tells Olin in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 that the few Jews that returned to Oswiecim were expelled in what year by Communists?

5. What does Olin leave behind in the bricks of the cellar at Birkenau as an offering to his mother in Part IV: “In Paradise” opens in Chapters 15?

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