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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. What did the resistance use as the principle center for broadcasting its "spoken newspaper"?
(a) "Canada."
(b) The latrines.
(c) The infirmary.
(d) The alley behind the infirmary.

2. Why did L. insist that Olga give out all of the news that he delivered to her?
(a) He needed to confuse the Nazis.
(b) Olga would then become more important to the S.S. guards.
(c) The internees needed it to keep up their morale.
(d) He wanted to be sure that he could depend on her.

3. Where did Olga and the other women get bread for their journey?
(a) They had been saving it for an emergency.
(b) It was distributed to each inmate for the journey.
(c) They smashed in the warehouse door and took the bread.
(d) People from the men's camp gave them some before they left.

4. Why did Olga not kill Dr. Mengele when she had the chance?
(a) She was too afraid for her own life.
(b) She knew she must live to tell the story.
(c) She hesitated and lost the opportunity.
(d) She knew that the entire camp would be punished for her actions.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened when a woman gave birth in the concentration camp?

3. What did Olga and her friend trade for a bit of plazki?

4. Through the underground, Olga discovered that her husband was working where?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the S.S. at Auschwitz affected by the news that Paris had been liberated?

2. How did the conditions in camp reveal a person's true nature?

3. How did prostitution emerge in the camp?

4. Why did Irma Griese become angry with Olga?

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

6. How did L. give Olga a reason to live?

7. Why did Olga and her colleagues begin to murder newborn babies?

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

9. What purpose did the building known as "Canada" serve, both for the Germans and for the inmates?

10. How did the Russian, Dr. Mitrovna, save Olga's life?

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