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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Editors' Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news did Hans bring to Auschwitz?
(a) The Red Army crossed into Prussia.
(b) The American landing in Normandy.
(c) The bombing of Dresden.
(d) The capitulation of Germany.

2. What were the names of the two women that enforced SS rules?
(a) Mrs. Helena and Masha.
(b) Bubi and Cyla.
(c) Sara and Mila.
(d) Marusia and Mila.

3. What did the workers decorate according to Sara in Chapter 34?
(a) The interior of the blocks.
(b) The infirmary.
(c) The gates.
(d) The camp.

4. What does the editor claim the Holocaust did for Western civilization?
(a) Taught restraint.
(b) Forced them to accept others.
(c) Taught empathy.
(d) Raised questions.

5. Who disliked Eastern European Jews according to Sara?
(a) Everyone in the camp.
(b) French Jews.
(c) German Jews.
(d) Russian prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the rabbis start to sing according to Sara?

2. When did the SS decide to evacuate the camp Sara was at in early 1945?

3. Why were the women assembled at the start of Chapter 13?

4. Who was the speech reprinted in the newspaper in Chapter 33 addressed to?

5. What does Sara say Mengele did during the summer with the little Gypsy boy?

(see the answer key)

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