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

2. What did the insignia on each train car indicate?
(a) The countries from which the cars originated.
(b) The concentration camp to which each car was headed.
(c) The explanation for the deportation of the people inside the cars.
(d) The number of animals that each car was designed to transport.

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

4. Why did the people who were still alive lie on top of one another during their last night on the train car?
(a) To try to stay warm during the cold night.
(b) To avoid coming into contact with the decaying corpses.
(c) Because there was not enough room in the car for everyone to lie down.
(d) Because no one wanted to be near the door when it was opened.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many barracks lined the Lagerstrasse?

2. How many days did the 315 "selected" women wait for Dr. Klein before he arrived to review them?

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

4. Why did the prisoners eat the soup even though it was repulsive to them?

5. Why were pregnancies sometimes hard to catch in the initial selection at the station?

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