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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Andor Gutman tells the narrator that music played through the loud speakers all day long at the prison camp, but was occasionally interrupted by the phrase, "Leichentrager zu Wache." What does "Leichentrager zu Wache" mean?
(a) Take cover because the camp was going to be bombed.
(b) A train filled with prisoners is arriving.
(c) Prisoners return to work.
(d) Corpse-carriers to the guardhouse.

2. The narrator tells Epstein's mother that "auf wiedersehen" means "goodbye" in German, but she corrects him by telling him it more precisely means:
(a) Peace be upon you.
(b) Go with God.
(c) Both hello and goodbye.
(d) Until we meet again.

3. How many brothers and sisters does the narrator have?
(a) None.
(b) No brothers and seven older sisters.
(c) One brother and two sisters.
(d) One twin brother who died as an infant.

4. What is the narrator's "little Eden"?
(a) His inlaws' estate near Berlin.
(b) His life with Helga.
(c) The view of Jerusalem from his prison window.
(d) A private park where children play.

5. Why did the narrator and his mother begin to avoid each other?
(a) Because the narrator looked too much like his father, who had left her for a younger woman.
(b) Because of her bizarre behavior.
(c) Because his mother did not like Helga.
(d) Because of their differing views of the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous speech does Goebbels, Head of the German Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda, find particularly impressive?

2. From where does Alvin Dobrowitz say the narrator's and the Blue Fairy Godmother's sign and countersign were taken?

3. Which city does the narrator say was "Hell" or "Purgatory" for him?

4. With what American expression is the narrator not familiar when he first meets Frank Wirtanen?

5. Bernard Mengel tells the narrator that he (the narrator) is the only man he has heard of who . . .

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