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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 Olga have to give to the blocova in order to keep her escape from the gas chamber a secret?
(a) A week's ration of margarine.
(b) Her toothbrush.
(c) Her wooden knife.
(d) Her boots.

2. How many women were in the march that left from Birkenau with Olga?
(a) Six thousand.
(b) Two thousand.
(c) Ten thousand.
(d) Fifteen thousand.

3. How many women worked in the kitchen staff?
(a) About forty.
(b) Almost one hundred.
(c) About four hundred.
(d) About three hundred.

4. After June of 1943, how were most Aryans executed?
(a) Most were worked to death.
(b) Firing squad only.
(c) Shooting, hanging, or poison injections.
(d) The gas chamber or firing squad.

5. What did Olga assume when she saw the pitiful women in the cages?
(a) This was a dream.
(b) This was her own future.
(c) They were isolated because they were insane.
(d) They must be under quarantine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the prisoners eat the soup even though it was repulsive to them?

2. How did Olga become a "rich woman" in the camp?

3. Why did Olga and her companion refrain from wiping their faces even when they sweated?

4. Between May and the end of July of 1944, how many people were executed at Auschwitz-Birkenau?

5. What happened to all of the inmates who had relatives in America?

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