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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. When was Tadeusz Borowski transported from Auschwitz to the Dautmergen subcamp of Natzweiler-Struthof?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1945.

2. How many female prisoners were held in each barrack of the women’s quarters, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 8?
(a) 300.
(b) 700.
(c) 200.
(d) 500.

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

4. In what year did Josef Mengele join the Nazi Party?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1937.

5. What word from the novel refers to the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers?
(a) Cantor.
(b) Vorarbeiter.
(c) Kaddish.
(d) Shofar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What “confession” does Olin make before the other retreat attendees at the meditation meeting in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 14?

2. What word used in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 means lacking sense or silly?

3. What museum does Olin visit in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?

4. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7 means resisting authority or control, or disobedient?

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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who follows Olin as he searches for Brzezinka in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 8? Why is Olin looking for this setting?

4. How does Olin come to meet Sister Catherine in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6?

5. How does the dancing come about in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11? Who dances alongside Olin?

6. What reason does Olin give for his family’s failure to search for his mother when he “bears witness” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 14?

7. What story does Rainer reveal of his family in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?

8. Where does Olin go after Catherine bids him farewell in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?

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

10. How does the narrator describe the mood of the attendees in the beginning of Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

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