View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters X through XVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aside from the gas chamber, what other means of extermination did the Nazis use?
(a) Beheading.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) Humane euthanasia.
(d) An injection of phenol into the heart.

2. Of what was Dr. Lengyel accused when he was questioned by the S.S.?
(a) Boycotting the use of German pharmeceuticals in his clinic.
(b) Providing free medical services to Gypsies.
(c) Distributing anti-Nazi propaganda.
(d) Hiding Jewish families in his hospital.

3. Why did Olga renounce her privilege to write postcards to loved ones outside of the camp?
(a) She refused to take any perceived "kindness" from her captors.
(b) She became suspicious when they were told to date them from another city.
(c) She did not know what she could say to anyone about her situation.
(d) She had no one left to whom she could write.

4. What did Olga assume when she saw the pitiful women in the cages?
(a) They must be under quarantine.
(b) This was a dream.
(c) This was her own future.
(d) They were isolated because they were insane.

5. What name was given to the prisoner who was chosen to oversee the service within each block?
(a) Koia.
(b) Stubendienst.
(c) Lagerkap.
(d) Blocova.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "rumor" did the woman in Olga's barrack share with Dr. Klein?

2. What surprised Olga about the four men in sports clothes that she saw at the train station?

3. After the liberation of Auschwitz, what did the Moscow professor discover in his autopsies of female internees?

4. One day in June of 1944, where did Irma Griese send the 315 women who were "selected"?

5. What "presents" did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, give to Olga?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 405 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample