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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the crematory buildings were destroyed in the explosion that the resistance set off?
(a) All four buildings.
(b) Two out of the four.
(c) Three out of the four.
(d) Only one of the four.

2. What song did Olga and the other inmates listen to on the phonograph record?
(a) "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Benny Goodman.
(b) "Whistle While You Work" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
(c) "Silent Night" by Bing Crosby.
(d) "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Fred Astaire.

3. Why did Joseph Kramer arrange an unexpected concert for the prisoners in Auschwitz?
(a) Olga was not sure, but it made her nervous.
(b) He was rewarding the prisoners for good behavior.
(c) For a propaganda film showing the good treatment the prisoners received.
(d) It was a show for Red Cross officials who were surveying the camp's conditions.

4. How many days did the 315 "selected" women wait for Dr. Klein before he arrived to review them?
(a) Five days.
(b) Six days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Four days.

5. What/who disappeared from the camp in November of 1944?
(a) The selections.
(b) The infirmary.
(c) The German guards who patrolled the barbed wire.
(d) Irma Griese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "astonishing question" that Irma Griese asked Olga?

2. How old was Irma Griese?

3. Where did the prisoners hide their "pinklys" during roll call?

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

5. According to camp gossip, what was the purpose of the powder that was mixed into the inmates' food?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Olga still have faith in mankind, despite her tragic experience?

2. Describe Olga's second, and last, meeting with her husband.

3. How were the internees at Auschwitz affected by the news that Paris had been liberated?

4. In what ways were the inmates in the Czech camp given preferential treatment?

5. Why did Irma Griese become angry with Olga?

6. What observations did Olga make about the effects of the first weeks in camp upon new internees?

7. What evidence suggested to Olga that Dr. Klein had some compassion?

8. How did Olga and her friends escape from the ranks of prisoners during the march?

9. How did the Germans react to an unusually low report of pregnancies among the women inmates?

10. What steps did the Nazis take in order to reassure the newly arrived deportees that their lives in the camp would be bearable?

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