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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to weariness from bodily or mental exertion?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Vorarbeiter.
(c) Apocryphal.
(d) Disingenuous.

3. What year does the narrator say it is in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1996.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1993.

4. What is the name of the old Jewish quarter where the traveler and his young tour guides stop at a café in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Szlachta.
(b) Lublin.
(c) Treblinka.
(d) Kasimierz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 means to fear something greatly and/or to be in extreme apprehension of something?

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. Dr. Stern describes the retreatants at the concentration camp as having come from how many countries in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

5. What Viennese Holocaust survivor is quoted in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5 as having said, “We who have come back, we know. The best of us did not return”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Olin consider about the concept of “bearing witness” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

2. How do Mirek and Wanda respond when they arrive at Olin’s destination in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

3. Why does Olin set out alone for Birkenau after lunch in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

4. What does Olin consider about his behavior after the departure of Wanda and Mirek in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

5. How is the setting of Kasmierz described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

6. What favor does the young couple offer to the traveler in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1? Why?

7. How was the birth of Clements Olinski discovered by the Olinskis, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

8. How has the group dynamic evolved when the narrative returns to the present tense in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

9. What about Commandant Rudolf Höss fascinates Olin, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

10. What symbolic items did Olin’s grandfather bring with him to the New World, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5? Why?

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