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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about Uncle Pepi?
(a) He envies his power.
(b) He is appalled by his ability to create.
(c) He is disgusted by him.
(d) He is in awe of him.

2. What would Herta do after Odilo Unverdorben would spend hours begging for her attention?
(a) Kiss him.
(b) Touch him briefly.
(c) Make love with him.
(d) Offer to live with him.

3. How does the narrator feel when the Schless-Hartheim camp celebrates its 5,000th patient?
(a) He is anxious for even greater achievements.
(b) He is proud.
(c) He is depressed.
(d) He is disgusted with himself and suicidal.

4. How does Odilo Unverdorben travel through Germany?
(a) By hitchhiking.
(b) By motorcycle.
(c) By truck.
(d) In troop carriers.

5. How old is Herta when Odilo Unverdorben meets her?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eighteen.

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

7. What token does Herta give to Odilo Unverdorben while they are courting?
(a) A ring.
(b) A locket with her portrait.
(c) A lock of her hair.
(d) A box for her letters.

8. What does Uncle Pepi keep in a box on his desk?
(a) Zyklon B pellets
(b) Human eyes.
(c) Kerosene.
(d) Amputated limbs.

9. What time does the station clock read at Treblinka when Odilo Unverdorben sees it?
(a) 4:31.
(b) 13:27.
(c) 1:04.
(d) 12:40.

10. How does the narrator compare Schless-Hartheim to Auschwitz?
(a) He thinks Schless-Hartheim was much dirtier.
(b) He thinks Schless-Hartheim was less modern.
(c) He thinks Schless-Hartheim was more impressive.
(d) He thinks Schless-Hartheim was less efficient.

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

12. What does the narrator think of Odilo Unverdorben in his youth?
(a) He thinks he is lazy.
(b) He foresees great things for him.
(c) He is unimpressed.
(d) He hates him for all the things he was about to do.

13. What is the motto of the Schless-Hartheim camp?
(a) You don't want to know.
(b) That which does not kill you will make you stronger.
(c) Work will set you free.
(d) There is such a thing as life that is not worthy of life.

14. How many Hungarian Jews are at Auschwitz when Herta visits?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 100,000.

15. Where does the narrator think that the Waffen Secret Service gets the ashes with which to make people?
(a) From the earth.
(b) From people's families.
(c) From the ovens at Auschwitz.
(d) From Poland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Odilo Unverdorben and Herta discuss while she is pregnant?

2. What does Odilo Unverdorben see at Auschwitz when he visits with his family?

3. How does Odilo Unverdorben's assignment to Shless-Hartheim appear to the narrator?

4. What does the narrator think Odilo Unverdorben's mother will do when Odilo returns into her body?

5. What does the narrator think Uncle Pepi's work is?

(see the answer keys)

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