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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 word used in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 means lacking sense or silly?
(a) Disingenuous.
(b) Apocryphal.
(c) Sardonic.
(d) Inane.

2. How many synagogues does Erna say used to serve Oswiecim in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

4. What word used by Father Mikal in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13 means easily influenced?
(a) Pernicious.
(b) Disingenuous.
(c) Sardonic.
(d) Impressionable.

5. 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) 1940.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1941.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the narrator refer to as “Becca’s sarcastic lover” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 14?

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

3. The ship that G. Earwig’s family departed on was supposedly setting out for what destination?

4. 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?

5. Who takes Olin’s hand after Sister Ann-Marie wriggles free from the dancing circle in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of Stanislav K. described in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 8?

2. What information does Earwig relate regarding his family in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 15?

3. What does Olin consider the phenomenon of the dancing to be in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

4. What does Olin learn about Father Mikal in Cracow in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?

5. 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?

6. What inner conflicts does Olin reveal in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 9?

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

8. What information does Sister Catherine relate to Olin when she greets him in the beginning of Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12?

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

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

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