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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. Why did Olga go into the washrooms at lunch?
(a) She had heard that the men sometimes shared their food with women in there.
(b) She felt dirty and wanted to try to clean herself.
(c) She wanted to find a place to be alone.
(d) She followed along with a friend.

2. According to the author, how many serious infections were dealt with in the infirmary as a result of poor sterilization procedures?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Too many to count.
(c) Over two hundred.
(d) Zero.

3. What was the irony in Dr. Lengyel's success in saving Olly's life?
(a) Olly's family was angry with Dr. Lengyel for interfering.
(b) Olly later hung herself in the camp.
(c) Dr. Lengyel was punished for performing medicine on the train.
(d) Olly was taken to the gas chamber and murdered the very next day.

4. How many women worked in the kitchen staff?
(a) About four hundred.
(b) About forty.
(c) Almost one hundred.
(d) About three hundred.

5. 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) Towels and soap.
(b) Scrub brushes.
(c) Shower caps.
(d) Claim tickets for their clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness afflicted the children who were lying near the door of the train car?

2. What was the handsome, blue-eyed man doing in Olga's barrack?

3. To what does the author compare the S.S. women who oversaw the selections in their large black rain capes?

4. Why did the Germans wait several minutes before they turned on the gas in the gas chambers?

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

(see the answer key)

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