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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. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive blankets?
(a) Two months.
(b) One week.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) One month.

2. After the liberation of Auschwitz, what did the Moscow professor discover in his autopsies of female internees?
(a) Forty percent had been surgically sterilized.
(b) Nine out of every ten had a withering of the ovaries.
(c) Three out of every five died from malnutrition.
(d) Sixty percent had arsenic poisoning.

3. How many people were loaded into Olga's train car?
(a) 110.
(b) 96.
(c) 90.
(d) 106.

4. How many women eventually ended up sharing the "apartment" in Barrack 13?
(a) Seven.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

5. According to camp gossip, what was the purpose of the powder that was mixed into the inmates' food?
(a) To cause degeneration of the brain.
(b) To slowly destroy the internal organs.
(c) To cause anemia.
(d) To reduce or destroy the sexual appetite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon reflection, how does Olga Lengyel describe her philosophy about mankind?

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

3. Why did Olga get in the line to have her hair shaved?

4. What did Olga and her fellow prisoners use as a mop?

5. Why was Olga chosen for selection in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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