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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V through IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ingredient in the bread irritated the prisoners' gums?
(a) Peanuts.
(b) Oats.
(c) Gravel.
(d) Sawdust.

2. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?
(a) Nine.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Twelve.

3. Why did the Stubendiensts surround the prisoners who were chosen for selection?
(a) To pray for them before they were taken to the crematory.
(b) To try to prevent the S.S. from taking them to the crematory.
(c) To prevent them from escaping.
(d) To give them privacy from the other prisoners.

4. What were the two purposes of camp selections?
(a) To select some prisoners for the crematory and to decimate the others.
(b) To select prisoners for work detail and to show off German power.
(c) To inventory prisoners and maintain an accurate count.
(d) To select prisoners for the crematory and to locate missing prisoners.

5. What sign, posted in the camp, assured prisoners that they would be put to work?
(a) "Work is freedom!"
(b) "Work is the path to happiness!"
(c) "To work is to live!"
(d) "Hard work is its own reward!"

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Olga hide in her boot?

2. Which prisoners were most often chosen to clean the latrines?

3. How did Olga become a "rich woman" in the camp?

4. At each roll call, how many woman were lined up in front of each barrack?

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

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