1. What German word for “housewife” does Earwig use in a derogatory manner in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6?
(a) Hausfrau.
(b) Kibbutz.
(c) Shofar.
(d) Kaddish.

2. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 refers to the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others?
(a) Dread.
(b) Sadism.
(c) Pedantic.
(d) Fatigue.

3. Who is the “glum American rabbi” that instructs the other retreat attendees about the ram’s horn in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Rainer.
(b) Stefan.
(c) James Glock.
(d) Dan.

4. In what year does the narrator say that Olin’s grandparents “had prevailed upon their son Alexei, a young lieutenant of the cavalry, to escort them in their flight abroad to England and America” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1941.

5. Who was the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp from May 1940 to November 1943?
(a) Franz Xaver Schwarz.
(b) Hanz Frank.
(c) Aharon Appelfeld.
(d) Rudolf Höss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wanda read on the sign as the young couple enters the gates at the compound to drop off the traveler in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

2. In what year did Rudolf Höss join the Nazi Party?

3. What word from the novel refers to an Israeli community settlement, usually agricultural, that is organized under collectivist principles?

4. When was Tadeusz Borowski born?

5. Dr. Stern describes the retreatants at the concentration camp as having come from how many countries in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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