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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 does the narrator notice about Lionel Jones' hand?
2. What is the narrator's "little Eden"?
3. Arpad Kovacs despises Jews who did not do what?
4. Who was Rudolph Franz Hoess?
5. When the narrator was serving as an American agent, how did he send coded information out of Germany?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does information regarding the narrator's whereabouts end up in The White Christian Minuteman?
2. What happened to members of the Sonderkommando when their job was done? How were they replaced?
3. Describe Resi's reaction to the news that her dog must be killed.
4. What is Abraham Epstein's mother hoping to prove when she speaks to the narrator in German?
5. Of what does the Haifa Institute consider Heinz Schildknecht to be an expert and why?
6. Why had Father Keeley been "unfrocked"?
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. How does the narrator describe The White Christian Minuteman and what is his reaction to it arriving in his mailbox?
9. What reason does Andor Gutman give for thinking that the position of "corpse-carrier" would be a good job?
10. Why was Lionel Jones sent to prison (before he became acquainted with the narrator), and based on what evidence?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Some of the younger characters in the novel, such as Dr. Epstein and the narrator's Israeli-born guard, think discussing what happened in the death camps pointless or irrelevant. Discuss whether these attitudes are healthy examples of people trying to get on with their lives and not be burdened by the past or a troubling example of living in denial.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Resi's behavior when the narrator meets her in the music room before going to the front lines. Does Resi's behavior seem appropriate for a child her age? Why or why not? Discuss how Resi's circumstances may have affected her attitudes and behaviors.
Essay Topic 3
Consider the role ethics plays in the lives of the characters during and after the war. Do many of the characters behave ethically? Be sure to cite examples of situations where a character's behavior may have been different if he or she had been in a different situation.
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