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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. Who does Olin describe in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16 as having “celebrated that vital joy in his atavistic impulse to devour the raw heart of a deer that is slain bare-handed”?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Percy Shelley.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

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

3. Who is said to be “grievously disappointed in his death camp experience and ‘heavy of heart’ as well, perceiving all Poland as ‘one big cemetery’” in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?
(a) Jaroslav.
(b) Viktor Frankl.
(c) Rabbi Dan.
(d) Rabbi Glock.

4. What name refers to the Pentateuch, the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament?
(a) The Torah.
(b) The Shofar.
(c) The Szlachta.
(d) The Kasimierz.

5. Who takes Olin’s hand after Sister Ann-Marie wriggles free from the dancing circle in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?
(a) Stefan.
(b) Rabbi Glock.
(c) Brigitte Frank.
(d) Sister Catherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When was Josef Mengele born?

3. How many digits make up Malan’s prison number from Auschwitz?

4. What is the name of Rainer’s uncle that he says he’s come to Auschwitz to honor in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?

5. What was Sister Catherine’s name prior to her entrance to novice hood, according to Stefan in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Stefan reveal when he steps forward to “bear witness” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?

2. Where does Olin go on the morning of the departure in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 15? What does he do here?

3. How is the theme of the human capacity for evil explored in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

4. How does the narrator describe the Olinskis’ efforts to locate Clements’s mother in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?

5. What does Olin encounter when his bus reaches Cracow in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?

6. What information does Olin learn from Stefan in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13?

7. What information does Father Mikal reveal about Stefan in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?

8. What information does Erna reveal to Olin prior to the meditation meeting in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 14?

9. What happens with Sister Ann-Marie during the prayer service in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 8?

10. How does G. Earwig describe the loss of his family in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12?

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