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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which city does the narrator say was "Hell" or "Purgatory" for him?
(a) Schenectady.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) New York.
(d) Berlin.

2. 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) Corpse-carriers to the guardhouse.
(b) A train filled with prisoners is arriving.
(c) Prisoners return to work.
(d) Take cover because the camp was going to be bombed.

3. In what year does Howard Campbell write his story?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1945.

4. Where does the narrator say he met Rudolf Hoess?
(a) In the prison exercise yard.
(b) At a New Year's Eve party.
(c) On a train to Warsaw.
(d) In a bar in Berlin.

5. Who is the "Blue Fairy Godmother"?
(a) Major Frank Wirtanen.
(b) Rudolph Hoess.
(c) Abraham Epstein's mother.
(d) Helga Noth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator's father insist was not for children, but the narrator looked at anyway?

2. Andor Gutman explains that "Sonderkommando" means "special detail." What horrific "special detail" did Andor Gutman say members of the Sonderkommando had to perform?

3. The narrator say his plays were medieval romances and as political as ____________.

4. Friedmann is the director of what?

5. Which characteristic does NOT describe Howard W. Campbell, Jr.'s father?

(see the answer key)

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