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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the reason the magazine article states that the slave laborers hanged Werner Noth?
2. Why did Resi remove her mittens when she was sitting in the music room?
3. What does the narrator do with his broom?
4. Which country did Robert, the limousine driver, support during the war?
5. Which of the following is NOT a revelation that Mr. Noth, Helga's father, reveals to the narrator:
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened to members of the Sonderkommando when their job was done? How were they replaced?
2. How and where does the narrator learn the lurid details of his father-in-law's death and what does the narrator find troubling about the article, besides the fact that it is about the death of someone he knows?
3. What is Abraham Epstein's mother hoping to prove when she speaks to the narrator in German?
4. Why had Father Keeley been "unfrocked"?
5. Describe Resi's reaction to the news that her dog must be killed.
6. Describe Heinz Schildknecht's wife as the narrator portrays her. Why does he not like her?
7. Briefly explain the "Nation of Two" the narrator frequently mentions. What is its original meaning and what does it signify to the narrator personally?
8. Of what does the Haifa Institute consider Heinz Schildknecht to be an expert and why?
9. How does the narrator describe The White Christian Minuteman and what is his reaction to it arriving in his mailbox?
10. Describe the narrator's and Helga's careers before the war begins, and how do they support each other in their careers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss friendships in the novel such as the friendships the narrator has with Heinz Schildknecht and George Kraft. Consider the role of deception in these and other relationships in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Consider Howard and Helga's "Nation of Two." Is such a concept a good idea for a couple, a family, or even a single person? Discuss pros and cons of small groups or individuals considering themselves to be their own nation.
Essay Topic 3
Adolf Eichmann says he plans to use the defense that he was just a soldier following orders. Discuss whether this is a sufficient defense in a war crimes hearing or trial.
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