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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 standard did the Germans use to determine which children in the men's camp would be exterminated?
(a) Age.
(b) Shoe size.
(c) Weight.
(d) Height.

2. How many prisoners were assigned to carry the 150-pound kettle for each meal?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

4. What scientific benefit resulted from Dr. Mengele's experiments involving human subjects?
(a) No scientific benefit.
(b) A vaccine for polio was developed.
(c) Safer gas masks were designed.
(d) He discovered penicillin.

5. After they disembarked from the train, who was immediately sent to the left?
(a) Women.
(b) Men.
(c) Children and old people.
(d) Healthy, able-bodied people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailments produced as much as 30 percent of the infirmary's visits?

2. One day in June of 1944, where did Irma Griese send the 315 women who were "selected"?

3. How did Olga's husband die?

4. According to the author, which of the experimental stations was the "most jealously guarded" of them all?

5. What regulation governed the tattooing of prisoners?

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