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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. How long was the Lagerstrasse?
(a) About 1500 feet long.
(b) About 5000 long.
(c) About 2 miles long.
(d) About 10,000 feet long.

2. Why was Olga chosen for selection in Chapter 8?
(a) She tried to stab the blocova.
(b) She covered her back with a piece of wool.
(c) She was so sick that she couldn't get out of her bunk.
(d) She stole food from the kitchen.

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

4. Why did the author and her colleagues dread taking contagious cases to the hospital?
(a) They were afraid that they themselves would catch the diseases.
(b) The nurses and doctors did not have the needed materials to treat them.
(c) They were afraid to infect other patients within the hospital.
(d) Contagious cases were left for dead and sent to the gas chamber.

5. How many roll calls occurred each day?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "most tragic danger" for the sick in the camp?

2. What room became the "apartment" for Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary?

3. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?

4. What advice did the handsome German prisoner have for Olga when she was looking for her son?

5. What was the first "tax" that was demanded of the passengers in the train car?

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