Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What plan did Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary devise in order to save pregnant mothers? (from Chapters X through XVI)

They hid the mothers and their babies after birth.

They killed the babies before they cried and passed them off as stillborn.

They found a sympathetic officer who sneaked the babies out of the camp and into nearby orphanages.

They sneaked the mother out of camp before she gave birth.

2.

According to the author, of what ingredient was the camp soap made? (from Chapters X through XVI)

The grease from the cremated bodies of prisoners.

Toiletries taken from the luggage of detainees.

The soup that was left at the end of each week.

The rendered bodies of rats caught in the camp.

3.

Why did the author and her colleagues dread taking contagious cases to the hospital? (from Chapters V through IX)

They were afraid to infect other patients within the hospital.

The nurses and doctors did not have the needed materials to treat them.

They were afraid that they themselves would catch the diseases.

Contagious cases were left for dead and sent to the gas chamber.

4.

What song did Olga and the other inmates listen to on the phonograph record? (from Chapters X through XVI)

"Sing, Sing, Sing" by Benny Goodman.

"Silent Night" by Bing Crosby.

"Whistle While You Work" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

"Puttin' on the Ritz" by Fred Astaire.

5.

How many corpses did Olga count along the road as they evacuated from Auschwitz? (from Chapters XVII through XXVIII)

321.

89.

298.

119.

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