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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters X through XVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room became the "apartment" for Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary?
(a) A lean-to behind the washrooms.
(b) The far end of the hospital wing.
(c) A pantry in the kitchens.
(d) The old urinal in Barrack Number 12.

2. What was the duty of the blocova's secretary?
(a) To write and send out memos to the other prisoners.
(b) To edit the roll call and reports.
(c) To keep the blocova's office organized.
(d) To deliver messages to the S.S. offices.

3. What "rumor" did the woman in Olga's barrack share with Dr. Klein?
(a) Some people said that the sick were sent to the gas chamber.
(b) Russian troops were headed in the direction of the camp.
(c) The S.S. were poisoning the food that was served to the prisoners.
(d) Men and women met at lunch time in the washroom.

4. How far was the morgue from the hospital?
(a) Ten minutes.
(b) A half-hour's walk.
(c) Forty minutes.
(d) Over an hour's walk.

5. What did Olga pick up from the ground that helped her escape from the group of prisoners headed for the gas chamber?
(a) A hat.
(b) A rock.
(c) A stick.
(d) A trash bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Irma Griese forbid Olga to do?

2. What advice did the handsome German prisoner have for Olga when she was looking for her son?

3. What happened to the Veterinarian the night that her lover was taken to the gas chamber?

4. What ingredient in the bread irritated the prisoners' gums?

5. According to Olga, what did the word "organize" come to mean among the prisoners?

(see the answer key)

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