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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sara say hurt her the most when she arrived at Stutthof?
(a) Beatings by the guards.
(b) The food.
(c) Medical experiments.
(d) The isolation.

2. What reason did some girls give why Taube chose Cyla?
(a) She was a convicted murderer.
(b) She was naturally cruel.
(c) She was young and could be molded.
(d) She was not smart.

3. What was the name of the woman appointed block elder?
(a) Mela.
(b) Ania.
(c) Yoka.
(d) Sara.

4. Why does Sara say Lisette remained happy after arriving at Auschwitz?
(a) Her parents were freed.
(b) Her husband escaped.
(c) Her husband was already dead.
(d) Her child was hidden with family.

5. What did Mengele force the little Gypsy boy to do?
(a) Sing and dance.
(b) Do tricks.
(c) Play with a ball.
(d) Do card tricks.

6. What did Sara ask Cyla?
(a) If she could get her a job.
(b) How she expect to survive after the war being a collaborator.
(c) If she could get her more food.
(d) How she could act that way.

7. How long had Sara been in the infirmary at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) 34 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 8 days.

8. Who was Karola's hierarchical superior in Auschwitz?
(a) Dr. Instrum.
(b) Mrs. Helena.
(c) Dr. Koenig.
(d) Dr. Mengele.

9. When did Sara lose track of Cyla?
(a) After her liberation.
(b) When the prisoners were evacuated from Auschwitz.
(c) After a riot.
(d) After a change of personnel at the camp.

10. Why was Orli Reichert imprisoned?
(a) She was a teacher.
(b) She was lesbian.
(c) She was Jewish.
(d) She was part of anti-Nazi organizations.

11. Who did Cyla claim to have put in the gas chamber?
(a) Her own father.
(b) Her own sister.
(c) Her own mother.
(d) Her own daughter.

12. What was Taube known for at Auschwitz?
(a) Killing people slowly.
(b) Being the one who chooses who lives and who dies.
(c) Killing people quickly.
(d) Being kind to prisoners.

13. When was Odette brought to the camp in Chapter 16?
(a) January 1944.
(b) January 1945.
(c) February 1944.
(d) December 1943.

14. What does Sara say her new area did not often have in Chapter 13?
(a) Food.
(b) Roll calls.
(c) New arrivals.
(d) Access to clean water.

15. What did Natasha pretend to be in Chapter 24?
(a) Insane so she could insult Germans.
(b) Blind.
(c) Death.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did Erika Schneider come from?

2. What does Sara say were burned like torches?

3. Who is introduced at the start of Chapter 9?

4. Who built the woman's camp at Auschwitz according to Sara?

5. How long was the trip that brought Sara to Stutthof?

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