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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 kind of irony does the author use by letting the narrator know things none of the other characters knows?
(a) Tragic irony.
(b) Cosmic irony.
(c) Dramatic irony.
(d) Comic irony.

2. What is Odilo Unverdorben's reasoning for visiting prostitutes?
(a) He is despairing for the failure of his marriage.
(b) He wants to be soothed for the horror of his work.
(c) He says that he loves the human body and all living things.
(d) He is intoxicated with his power.

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

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

5. What is Solingen known for?
(a) Airplane parts factories.
(b) Orphanages.
(c) Surgical instruments.
(d) Jewish culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator sad as Odilo Unverdorben gets younger?

2. How old is Herta when Odilo Unverdorben meets her?

3. How does Odilo Unverdorben travel through Germany?

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

5. What are Jews forbidden from buying when the racial laws are passed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. How does the killing change from Schless-Hartheim to Auschwitz?

8. Describe the narrator's relationship with Odilo Unverdorben by the end of this chapter, at which point Odilo has just arrived at Schless-Hartheim.

9. Describe the similarities and differences between the narrator and Uncle Pepi.

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

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