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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 is the bus said to be departing for Cracow from the concentration camp in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 15?
(a) Early morning.
(b) Late evening.
(c) Midday.
(d) Early evening.

2. Erna tells Olin in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 that the few Jews that returned to Oswiecim were expelled in what year by Communists?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1962.

3. What word from Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16 means extremely or impassively steep?
(a) Precipitous.
(b) Ecumenical.
(c) Pedantic.
(d) Disingenuous.

4. As Olin attempts to make sense of the transcendent experience of the dancing in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11, the narrator says, “Out on that platform at odd moments of each day, a presence had risen that, for want of a better term, [Olin] calls” what in his journal?
(a) “Supreme understanding.”
(b) “Alienation of the affections.”
(c) “Earth apprehension.”
(d) “Collective consciousness.”

5. What name does Olin call out when chasing after Sister Catherine in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?
(a) Emily.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Amalia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the Christian prayer service that Olin attends with Professor Adina Schreier in the beginning of Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6?

2. What does Malan say in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13 “can speak when words cannot”?

3. When was Josef Mengele born?

4. Where was Pope John Paul II born?

5. What is the name of the ship that G. Earwig has spent his life in search of, according to the narrator in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Olin go into the town of Oswiecim in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 8? What does he take with him?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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