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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. 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?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

2. What word is used to describe the ram’s horn blown as a wind instrument in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Kaddish.
(b) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Visage.
(d) Shofar.

3. What hereditary class does the narrator say Old Baron Olinski had brought his antique red leather boots to the New World to denote, in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) The wiec class.
(b) The schlachta class.
(c) The rycerz class.
(d) The slave class.

4. What word from the novel refers to an Israeli community settlement, usually agricultural, that is organized under collectivist principles?
(a) Shofar.
(b) Kaddish.
(c) Kibbutz.
(d) Chiaroscuro.

5. Where was chemist and writer Primo Levi born?
(a) Turin, Italy.
(b) Moscow, Russia.
(c) Warsaw, Poland.
(d) Cracow, Poland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ben Lama’s retreat assistant from, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

2. Who harasses the Catholic novices when they light a candle in the Hunger Cell in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

3. The narrator says of the traveler and young couple in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2, “Not that he’d deserved much courtesy. They had been kind to lug him thirty miles on a winter road to this” what?

4. 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?

5. What month is it that the traveler arrives in Poland in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What setting at the concentration camp is described in the opening of Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

3. When did Olin’s grandparents and father leave Europe, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

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

5. What are Dr. Olin’s personal reasons for attending the retreat, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

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

7. What is taking place when Mr. Earwig initiates a conflict in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

8. How do Mirek and Wanda respond when Olin points out the historical facts of the area in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

9. How is the setting described in the opening of Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

10. How does Dr. Stern describe his personal mission in attending the retreat in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

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