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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. Who withdraws the Zyklon B pellets to give them to the pharmacist?
(a) Uncle Pepi.
(b) Odilo Unverdorben.
(c) The patients.
(d) Reverend Nicholas Kreditor.

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

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

4. What does the narrator think is happening to Odilo Unverdorben as time goes on?
(a) He is becoming a less and less important person.
(b) He is learning from his experience and becoming wise.
(c) He is redeeming himself for his evil deeds.
(d) He is getting forgetful in his old age.

5. How does the narrator think the Jews are rejuvenated in the back of the vans his unit uses to ferry Jews?
(a) With carbon monoxide gas.
(b) With electricity.
(c) With machine guns.
(d) With Zyklon B pellets.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Odilo Unverdorben travel through Germany?

2. How are the men processed at Auschwitz?

3. How many Hungarian Jews are at Auschwitz when Herta visits?

4. Where does Odilo Unverdorben live with his wife?

5. What does the narrator think about Auschwitz now that he is seeing it again in Odilo Unverdorben's youth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. The narrator and Uncle Pepi both see the work at Auschwitz as 100% successful. How does their agreement, from such different viewpoints, affect the reader?

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

7. How does the narrator describe the Jews' experiences at Auschwitz?

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

9. Describe Herta's feelings about Auschwitz.

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

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