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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Inside the concentration camp, the narrator describes Block 10 as the location where “the assorted sadisms” of what were administered, in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) “Cyanide gases.”
(b) “Experimental medicine.”
(c) “Genetic science.”
(d) “Chiaroscuro.”

2. Of those who witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust, Dr. Stern says what “is about all we have in common with those poor doomed bastards” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) “Our digestive tracts.”
(b) “Our genetic code.”
(c) “Our compassion.”
(d) “Our grief.”

3. The retreat’s unofficial “spiritual leader” is nicknamed what, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Malan.
(b) Ben Lama.
(c) Hanz Frank.
(d) Stefan.

4. What year does the narrator say it is in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1993.

5. Whom does Sister Catherine describe as her namesake in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 9?
(a) St. Catherine of Padua.
(b) St. Catherine of Warsaw.
(c) St. Catherine of Milan.
(d) St. Catherine of Siena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the old Jewish quarter where the traveler and his young tour guides stop at a café in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

2. How many “pilgrims” does Dr. Stern say have come to attend the retreat in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

3. Where does the narrator say that Dr. D. Clements Olin was born in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

4. What was the name of Clements Olin’s maternal grandfather?

5. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7 means resisting authority or control, or disobedient?

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