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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the survivor-writer that is quoted in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 has having said “The Holocaust belongs to the type of enormous experience that reduces one to silence. Any utterance, any statement, any ‘answer’ is tiny, meaningless, and occasionally ridiculous”?
(a) Aharon Appelfeld.
(b) Dr. Anders Stern.
(c) Brigitte Frank.
(d) Hanz Frank.

2. What word is used by the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 to describe an overseer or “a privileged facilitator of the dirty work” at the concentration camps?
(a) Kaddish.
(b) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Vorarbeiter.
(d) Shofar.

3. What does Mr. Earwig say his first name is in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Gene.
(b) Grayson.
(c) Georgie.
(d) Gregory.

4. What is Dr. Stern’s first name in the novel?
(a) Anders.
(b) Michael.
(c) Howard.
(d) David.

5. How many “pilgrims” does Dr. Stern say have come to attend the retreat in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) 56.
(b) 230.
(c) 140.
(d) 103.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does the narrator describe Block 11 in the concentration camp in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

2. What year does the narrator say it is in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

3. 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?

4. At least how many prisoners died at Auschwitz during the Holocaust?

5. What month is it that the traveler arrives in Poland in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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