1. 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.

2. When the narrator does not want to discuss politics when they are alone in his apartment, what does he ask Helga to ask him about instead?
(a) Religion.
(b) Music.
(c) Literature.
(d) Art.

3. What is the war crime that Howard Campbell stands accused of?
(a) Delivering orders of Cyklon-B to the death camps.
(b) Spying on America.
(c) Mistreating Allied POWs at a prison camp.
(d) Promoting Nazi propaganda.

4. What is the White Christian Minuteman?
(a) An anti-Semitic, anti-Negro, anti-Catholic publication.
(b) The name of an old Boston tavern.
(c) The name of a marble statue in front of a historic church.
(d) A member of a group of private citizens who patrol the U.S.'s southern border.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What is the ironic flaw in the design on the hilt of the narrator's dagger?

3. What is George Kraft's real name?

4. What prized possession does Werner Noth fear a slave woman will destroy due to carelessness?

5. What does Helga say is the reason she did not get in touch with the narrator when she learned of his whereabouts?

(see the answer key)

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