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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Erna speaking of when she says to Olin in Part IV: “In Paradise” opens in Chapters 15, “It’s all taken care of, Baron. He’s finished”?
(a) Franz Xaver Schwarz.
(b) Father Eugene.
(c) Father Mikal.
(d) Stefan.

2. What “confession” does Olin make before the other retreat attendees at the meditation meeting in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 14?
(a) His father was an SS officer.
(b) His uncle was Adolf Hitler.
(c) He divorced his wife because she was Jewish.
(d) His mother was Jewish.

3. Where is Dr. Stern said to be from in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6?
(a) France.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Norway.
(d) Greenland.

4. What word from Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16 refers to a long, tapering flag?
(a) Shofar.
(b) Ecumenical.
(c) Kibbutz.
(d) Pennant.

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 Milan.
(c) St. Catherine of Siena.
(d) St. Catherine of Warsaw.

6. What word used in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11 refers to a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water containing medicinal substances?
(a) Elixir.
(b) Treblinka.
(c) Kibbutz.
(d) Shofar.

7. What word from the novel refers to the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers?
(a) Cantor.
(b) Kaddish.
(c) Shofar.
(d) Vorarbeiter.

8. What is the name of the younger Catholic novice on the retreat?
(a) Sister Catherine.
(b) Sister Ann-Marie.
(c) Sister Angela.
(d) Sister Maria.

9. What personal torment does “Big Erna” describe when she stands before the attendees in the dining area in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?
(a) Sexual abuse.
(b) The bombing of her home.
(c) Unjust imprisonment.
(d) Her children’s illnesses and deaths.

10. What name refers to the Pentateuch, the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament?
(a) The Shofar.
(b) The Szlachta.
(c) The Kasimierz.
(d) The Torah.

11. Erna tells Olin in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 that the few Jews that returned to Oswiecim were expelled in what year by Communists?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1972.

12. What does Malan say in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13 “can speak when words cannot”?
(a) “Music.”
(b) “The soul.”
(c) “The hand.”
(d) “Love.”

13. Who is the young man that Olin encounters outside of a cottage by the concentration camp and holding a blueprint in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?
(a) Rabbi Dan.
(b) Mirek.
(c) Stefan.
(d) Dr. Stern.

14. What is the name of the prayer that is translated by the rabbi as “Making Peace by Making Whole” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?
(a) Olsztyn.
(b) Szlachta.
(c) Almanach de Gotha.
(d) Oseh Shalom.

15. What is the name of the priest that accompanies the two Catholic novices at the retreat?
(a) Father James.
(b) Father Thompson.
(c) Father David.
(d) Father Mikal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet does Olin quote in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11 when he describes “something not known to anyone at all but wild in our breast for centuries”?

2. What is the name of the one survivor on the fleet of ships that G. Earwig’s family fled on, according to the information he’s discovered in Part IV: “In Paradise” opens in Chapters 15?

3. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6 refers to a person who is friendly to or admires England or English customs, etc.?

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

5. Malan says to Olin in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13, “The only way to understand such evil is to” what?

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