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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 are the men processed at Auschwitz?
(a) They come to life with strong emotions.
(b) They work for their freedom.
(c) They are processed with spare parts.
(d) They are processed with fire and gas.

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

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

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

5. What is the name of Odilo Unverdorben's baby?
(a) Marta.
(b) Irene.
(c) Inge.
(d) Eva.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn't anyone at Schless-Hartheim know about Odilo Unverdorben's work at Auschwitz?

3. About whom does Odilo Unverdorben dream in the time before the war?

4. What is Solingen known for?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Herta's feelings about Auschwitz.

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

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

5. Describe Odilo Unverdorben's courtship of Herta.

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

7. The narrator is usually just stuck with his backward perspective. Describe a case where he creates his own explanations and has to explain things to himself.

8. 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?

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. How is the narrator right about Odilo Unverdorben's personality as a young man?

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