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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prized possession does Werner Noth fear a slave woman will destroy due to carelessness?
(a) A Gutenberg Bible.
(b) A blue vase.
(c) A grandfather clock.
(d) A Rembrandt painting.

2. What does Helga say is the reason she did not get in touch with the narrator when she learned of his whereabouts?
(a) Her sister had lied to her and said that he wouldn't be interested in seeing her.
(b) She did not have enough money to send a telegram or even buy a stamp for a letter.
(c) She had taken another lover by then and did not want to hurt him.
(d) She had hoped the narrator had built a new life.

3. How are Resi and Helga related?
(a) They are brother and sister.
(b) They are mother and daughter.
(c) They are sisters.
(d) They are not related; Resi uses Helga's family name to trick the narrator.

4. What becomes of the rope that was given to the narrator?
(a) Dr. Epstein uses it to make a tourniquet on the narrator's injured leg to keep him from bleeding to death.
(b) A garbage collector uses it to commit suicide.
(c) The narrator uses it to tie their new mattress to the top of a car.
(d) Resi uses it to tie up the narrator's attacker until the police arrive.

5. What does the narrator do with his broom?
(a) Offers to sweep the hallways of his building in exchange for rent.
(b) Carves the handle with his wood-carving set.
(c) Hits an attacker over the head with it.
(d) Gives it to his neighbor's daughter who wanted to dress as a witch for Halloween.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason the magazine article states that the slave laborers hanged Werner Noth?

2. Which country did Robert, the limousine driver, support during the war?

3. 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?

4. What do the letters "W.H.U.B." stand for?

5. What grim task does Werner Noth ask the narrator to do?

(see the answer key)

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