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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. What does Odilo Unverdorben see at Auschwitz when he visits with his family?
(a) The Holocaust Museum.
(b) Old barracks and industrial structures.
(c) Sprinkle rooms and mass graves.
(d) Surgical instrument factories.

2. What is the name of Odilo Unverdorben's wife?
(a) Irene.
(b) Marta.
(c) Herta.
(d) Inge.

3. Where are the patients stacked neatly?
(a) In the ox carts.
(b) In the barracks.
(c) In the sprinkle rooms.
(d) In the ovens.

4. What time does the station clock read at Treblinka when Odilo Unverdorben sees it?
(a) 12:40.
(b) 1:04.
(c) 4:31.
(d) 13:27.

5. How does the narrator feel about Uncle Pepi?
(a) He is appalled by his ability to create.
(b) He is disgusted by him.
(c) He envies his power.
(d) He is in awe of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator believe happens to people after they are "created' at Auschwitz?

2. How do people feel about the Jews whom the narrator thinks are brought to life at Schless-Hartheim?

3. What does the narrator think is happening to Odilo Unverdorben as time goes on?

4. What is Odilo Unverdorben's mother's job?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator think about Auschwitz when he sees it through Odilo Unverdorben's thirteen-year-old eyes?

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

3. Describe Odilo Unverdorben's work in the Waffen Secret Service.

4. Describe Herta's feelings about Auschwitz.

5. Name four methods Odilo Unverdorben sees the Germans use to "process" the Jews?

6. 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?

7. As Odilo Unverdorben ages, how is the narrator affected by his time at Auschwitz?

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

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

10. What are the conditions the narrator finds when Odile Unverdorben arrives at Auschwitz?

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