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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about Odilo Unverdorben's father?
(a) He looks forward to returning into the father's body as sperm.
(b) He is happy about returning to a healthy, strong man.
(c) He is afraid that the father hates Odilo.
(d) He cannot forgive Odilo's father for killing him.

2. In what condition is Auschwitz when the narrator thinks Odilo Unverdorben arrives there?
(a) Full of confidence in making human progress.
(b) Dirty, with human feces everywhere.
(c) Functional place, but no one was speaking.
(d) Thriving, with sweet smells in the air.

3. What is Odilo Unverdorben's reasoning for visiting prostitutes?
(a) He is despairing for the failure of his marriage.
(b) He says that he loves the human body and all living things.
(c) He wants to be soothed for the horror of his work.
(d) He is intoxicated with his power.

4. Who owns Auschwitz when Odilo Unverdorben visits it with his parents?
(a) The Austrians.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Alsatians.
(d) The Polish.

5. What does Odilo Unverdorben dream about as a young child?
(a) The man in the white coat.
(b) The war.
(c) His mother.
(d) Colors and noises.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Odilo Unverdorben's father look, when Odilo is a young child?

2. What kind of irony does the author use by letting the narrator know things none of the other characters knows?

3. How does the narrator compare Schless-Hartheim to Auschwitz?

4. How does Odilo Unverdorben's wife relax while she is pregnant?

5. What does Odilo Unverdorben see at Auschwitz when he visits with his family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the irony of the narrator's impression of Odilo Unverdorben's relationship with Jews.

2. Describe the narrator's relationship with Odilo Unverdorben's father.

3. What is the importance of Odilo Unverdorben's childhood home?

4. How does Odilo Unverdorben's relationship with Herta change when he arrives at Schless-Hartheim?

5. What is the narrator's last experience before he dies?

6. How does Odilo Unverdorben's language change during his time at Auschwitz?

7. Describe Odilo Unverdorben's relationship with his father.

8. Describe Herta's feelings about Auschwitz.

9. How does the narrator's impression of the killings at Schless-Hartheim increase the reader's sense of sympathy for the people the Nazis killed there?

10. Describe the similarities and differences between Odilo Unverdorben and Uncle Pepi.

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