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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XVII through XXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the young Czech boy trade in order to have one night with his lover from the other side of the fence?
(a) A bottle of aspirin.
(b) A bowl and a toothbrush.
(c) Eight days of bread and eight days of soup.
(d) A diamond that he stole from "Canada".

2. At each roll call, how many woman were lined up in front of each barrack?
(a) 1,400.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 2000.

3. How many barracks lined the Lagerstrasse?
(a) Seventeen on either side.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Thirty Six.
(d) Twenty total.

4. Why did Olga go into the washrooms at lunch?
(a) She followed along with a friend.
(b) She felt dirty and wanted to try to clean herself.
(c) She wanted to find a place to be alone.
(d) She had heard that the men sometimes shared their food with women in there.

5. Why did the Germans wait several minutes before they turned on the gas in the gas chambers?
(a) They had to wait for the proper official to arrive and give the order.
(b) They let the temperature rise a few degrees to help the gas work better.
(c) They wanted the prisoners to panic before they died.
(d) They waited to be sure that no more prisoners could fit into the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news did the French internee share with Olga when he came to the infirmary on August 26, 1944?

2. What happened the day after Olga met her husband in the camp?

3. What about the blue-eyed man caught Olga's attention?

4. What did Irma Griese do to the handsome Georgian's Polish lover?

5. How far was the morgue from the hospital?

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