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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XVII through XXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After they disembarked from the train, who was immediately sent to the left?
(a) Children and old people.
(b) Women.
(c) Healthy, able-bodied people.
(d) Men.

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

3. What response did the old inmate give Olga when she asked about the red brick building with the chimney?
(a) He said it was the camp bakery.
(b) He told her that she did not want to know the truth.
(c) He said it was an ammunition factory.
(d) He smiled and told her that she would find out soon enough.

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

5. According to the author, which of the experimental stations was the "most jealously guarded" of them all?
(a) The artificial insemination station.
(b) The vivisection station.
(c) The radiological station.
(d) The psychiatric station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease did Tadek's new girlfriend eventually contract?

2. According to the author, how many corpses were burned each day at Bireknau between the crematory ovens and the death pits?

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

4. How long was the Lagerstrasse?

5. What did Olga and her bunk mates have for a "farewell supper" when she left Block 26 to go to Block 13?

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