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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was distributed to internees as they entered the gas chamber that helped to convince them that they were actually headed for the showers?
(a) Claim tickets for their clothing.
(b) Scrub brushes.
(c) Shower caps.
(d) Towels and soap.

2. What would happen to the prisoners if they tried to sneak to the latrines at night?
(a) They would be shot by the S.S.
(b) They would be attacked by fellow prisoners.
(c) They would be beaten by the blocova.
(d) They would not be allowed back into the barracks.

3. One day in June of 1944, where did Irma Griese send the 315 women who were "selected"?
(a) Into a washroom, where they were locked in.
(b) Directly to the crematory.
(c) Into the woods to be shot.
(d) Out of the camp on a work detail.

4. Why did Olga and her family join her husband when he was deported?
(a) She did not want him to suffer the terrors of the camps alone.
(b) She believed the family would be better off than they were in Cluj.
(c) The S.S. forced them from their homes and sent them away. too.
(d) She believed everything would be all right as long as they stayed together.

5. What did the green triangle on a prisoner's uniform indicate?
(a) The prisoner had been selected for the gas chamber.
(b) The prisoner worked in the infirmary.
(c) The prisoner was guilty of murder.
(d) The prisoner was of German origin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of "Canada" reminded Olga of all the infants that had been murdered by the Germans?

2. What did Dr. Klein bring for Olga while she and the other inmates were kneeling in the mud?

3. Why did Olga's husband decide not to take half of her poison?

4. What did the young Czech boy trade in order to have one night with his lover from the other side of the fence?

5. What question did Olga ask of her mother and father before they left the train car?

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