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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V through IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metaphor did the author use to describe the train cars at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Cattle barns.
(b) Hospital wards.
(c) Hell.
(d) Coffins.

2. Why did the author and her colleagues dread taking contagious cases to the hospital?
(a) They were afraid that they themselves would catch the diseases.
(b) Contagious cases were left for dead and sent to the gas chamber.
(c) The nurses and doctors did not have the needed materials to treat them.
(d) They were afraid to infect other patients within the hospital.

3. According to the author, despite his handsome appearance, what characteristic of Dr. Mengele's made a person uneasy?
(a) A nasty scar running under his chin and up to his right ear.
(b) His smug grin.
(c) Nothing in particular; just something about his demeanor.
(d) A wildness in his eyes.

4. What was the handsome, blue-eyed man doing in Olga's barrack?
(a) He was repairing the bunks.
(b) He was hiding from the camp police.
(c) He was a doctor on his rounds.
(d) He had sneaked in to see one of the women.

5. What name was given to the internee who was chosen as barrack chief?
(a) Kommando.
(b) Blocova.
(c) Stubendienst.
(d) Koia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?

2. What did Olga pick up from the ground that helped her escape from the group of prisoners headed for the gas chamber?

3. How many patients did the hospital in the infirmary hold?

4. What did Olga hide in her boot?

5. How did the infirmary staff sterilize their instruments between patients?

(see the answer key)

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