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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10-12.

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

2. Bernard Mengel, who guards the narrator at night, tells the narrator he does what in his sleep?
(a) Snores and grinds his teeth.
(b) Sleepwalks.
(c) Says the names of two women and talks about a city.
(d) Cries.

3. What made Goebbels think that Abraham Lincoln might be Jewish?
(a) He looked Jewish in his photographs.
(b) He was a lawyer.
(c) "Abraham" sounds like a Jewish name.
(d) He was sympathetic to non-whites.

4. Where was the narrator born?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Schenectady, New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator tells Epstein's mother that "auf wiedersehen" means "goodbye" in German, but she corrects him by telling him it more precisely means:

2. Which description best fits the narrator's New York home?

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

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

5. What childish phrase does the Blue Fairy Godmother tell the narrator that he should not expect to hear for himself?

(see the answer key)

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