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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 do Odilo Unverdorben and Herta discuss while she is pregnant?
(a) Baby names.
(b) Running away to America.
(c) Performing experiments with the Nazis.
(d) Moving in with her parents.

2. Whose work does the narrator believe Odilo Unverdorben is doing?
(a) Humanity's.
(b) Uncle Pepi's.
(c) God's.
(d) His own.

3. Where does the narrator think Herta's letters come from?
(a) The mail box.
(b) The sprinkle rooms.
(c) The fire.
(d) The trash.

4. Which answer describes Odilo Unverdorben's German at the end of his time at Auschwitz?
(a) Moderately fluent.
(b) Faltering and inaccurate.
(c) Surprisingly accurate.
(d) Grammatically flawed.

5. What does Herta know about Odilo Unverdorben's work at Auschwitz?
(a) She thinks that he is working at a children's hospital.
(b) She approves of his work and experiments.
(c) She suggested Odilo work there herself.
(d) She does not know about it; Odilo keeps it secret.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what condition is Auschwitz when the narrator thinks Odilo Unverdorben arrives there?

2. What is Odilo Unverdorben's family doing when they visit Auschwitz?

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

4. How successful does the narrator think Uncle Pepi's experiments are?

5. What time does the station clock read at Treblinka when Odilo Unverdorben sees it?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Odilo Unverdorben's dreams change as he returns (according to the narrator's backward timeline) to his youth?

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

4. Describe the irony of the narrator thinking that Odilo Unverdorben and Herta are taking apart baby furniture and un-sewing baby clothes.

5. Describe Odilo Unverdorben's relationship with his mother.

6. Describe the narrator's relationship with Odilo Unverdorben in the years before/after Odilo began to work in the camps.

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

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

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

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

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