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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator think Odilo Unverdorben's unit ferries Jews to and from?
(a) To Treblinka from Auschwitz.
(b) To their villages from the ghettos.
(c) To the ghettos from their villages.
(d) To Auschwitz from Salerno, Italy.

2. How old is Odilo Unverdorben when he visits Auschwitz for the first time?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Thirteen.

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

4. Where does Odilo Unverdorben grow up?
(a) Munich.
(b) Schless-Hartheim.
(c) Solingen.
(d) Inverness.

5. What is Odilo Unverdorben's mother's name?
(a) Inge.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Herta.
(d) Marta.

6. How does Odilo Unverdorben's assignment to Shless-Hartheim appear to the narrator?
(a) The narrator sees it as a promotion.
(b) The narrator wants to escape from the camps altogether.
(c) The narrator sees it as a sign that the war was ending.
(d) The narrator misses the magic of Auschwitz.

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

8. How are the men processed at Auschwitz?
(a) They are processed with fire and gas.
(b) They work for their freedom.
(c) They are processed with spare parts.
(d) They come to life with strong emotions.

9. What does the narrator think the very thin men are doing at the camps when they tip their heads back towards the sky strangely?
(a) Looking for signs of good weather.
(b) Praying for deliverance from the camps.
(c) Looking forward to death.
(d) Waiting to meet their families.

10. How do people feel about the Jews whom the narrator thinks are brought to life at Schless-Hartheim?
(a) No one wants them.
(b) They are welcomed with celebration.
(c) Everyone envies them.
(d) They are spurned as hardened criminals.

11. What does the narrator think Uncle Pepi's work is?
(a) To create human beings out of electricity and fire.
(b) To redeem humanity.
(c) To purify the Aryan race.
(d) To kill Jewish people.

12. What secret does the narrator know about Solingen?
(a) That it will be the site of a death camp.
(b) That it is Adolf Eichmann's birthplace.
(c) That its inhabitants will be massacred.
(d) That it will be destroyed in the war.

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

14. Whose work does the narrator believe Odilo Unverdorben is doing?
(a) Humanity's.
(b) His own.
(c) Uncle Pepi's.
(d) God's.

15. What does Odilo Unverdorben see at Auschwitz when he visits with his family?
(a) Sprinkle rooms and mass graves.
(b) The Holocaust Museum.
(c) Old barracks and industrial structures.
(d) Surgical instrument factories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think when he sees the rail station at Treblinka?

2. What does the narrator look forward to in Odilo Unverdorben's work at Auschwitz?

3. Where would Odilo Unverdorben and Herta secretly kiss while they were courting?

4. How does the narrator think Odilo Unverdorben feels about Jews when he is in medical school?

5. How does Odilo Unverdorben travel through Germany?

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