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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1942.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1941.

2. What word from Part IV: “In Paradise” opens in Chapters 15 refers to a loud electric horn, formerly used on automobiles and now often used as a warning signal?
(a) Kaddish.
(b) Shofar.
(c) Klaxon.
(d) Kibbutz.

3. 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) 1942.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1943.

4. What is the name of the Polish sculptor at the retreat who argues with the Jewish attendees in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?
(a) Malan.
(b) Rainer.
(c) Hanz Frank.
(d) Zygmunt.

5. 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.

6. What word from Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16 refers to a long, tapering flag?
(a) Pennant.
(b) Shofar.
(c) Ecumenical.
(d) Kibbutz.

7. What word used in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11 refers to a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water containing medicinal substances?
(a) Elixir.
(b) Shofar.
(c) Kibbutz.
(d) Treblinka.

8. Who is Erna speaking of when she says to Olin in Part IV: “In Paradise” opens in Chapters 15, “It’s all taken care of, Baron. He’s finished”?
(a) Franz Xaver Schwarz.
(b) Stefan.
(c) Father Eugene.
(d) Father Mikal.

9. How many times does Father Mikal say the novices have attended Confession from him in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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) Sister Catherine.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Eva.

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

12. The excommunicated monk Stefan’s priory is in the region of what notorious death camp north of Warsaw, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?
(a) Lublin.
(b) Treblinka.
(c) Szlachta.
(d) Kasimierz.

13. What was Sister Catherine’s name prior to her entrance to novice hood, according to Stefan in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Amalia.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Elizabeth.

14. When was Tadeusz Borowski married to his fiancée Maria?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1942.

15. What does Malan say in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13 “can speak when words cannot”?
(a) “The hand.”
(b) “Love.”
(c) “The soul.”
(d) “Music.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used by Father Mikal in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13 means easily influenced?

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

3. 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?

4. What is the name of the prayer that is translated by the rabbi as “Making Peace by Making Whole” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

5. Who is described as “Becca’s companion, a violinist with long black hair” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?

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