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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 Odilo Unverdorben travel through Germany?
(a) In troop carriers.
(b) By motorcycle.
(c) By truck.
(d) By hitchhiking.

2. What would Herta do after Odilo Unverdorben would spend hours begging for her attention?
(a) Kiss him.
(b) Make love with him.
(c) Touch him briefly.
(d) Offer to live with him.

3. How do people feel about the Jews whom the narrator thinks are brought to life at Schless-Hartheim?
(a) No one wants them.
(b) They are welcomed with celebration.
(c) They are spurned as hardened criminals.
(d) Everyone envies them.

4. How does the narrator think Odilo Unverdorben's father is going to kill him?
(a) By casting him out in an exorcism.
(b) By giving Odilo a fatal case of pneumonia.
(c) By beating Odilo to death as an infant.
(d) By inseminating Odilo's mother.

5. How does the narrator think Odilo Unverdorben feels about Jews when he is in medical school?
(a) He wants to kill them.
(b) He pities them and wants to save them.
(c) He likes them.
(d) He thinks they cause a lot of problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Odilo Unverdorben when he visits Auschwitz for the first time?

2. What does Herta know about Odilo Unverdorben's work at Auschwitz?

3. What does Odilo Unverdorben's wife think about the work Odilo is doing at the camp?

4. How old is Odilo Unverdorben when the narrator thinks he returned to married life?

5. What token does Herta give to Odilo Unverdorben while they are courting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Odilo Unverdorben's courtship of Herta.

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

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