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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. How did the Germans decide to exterminate the remaining children in the camp?
(a) They stopped feeding them and left them to die of starvation.
(b) They threw them into a pit and burned them with gasoline.
(c) They took them into the woods and shot them.
(d) They made them stand wet in the freezing weather until they died of exposure.

2. How many women eventually ended up sharing the "apartment" in Barrack 13?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Seven.

3. Where was the "American camp" to which the German officer ordered the four American men to be taken?
(a) There was no American camp; they were shot in the woods.
(b) Just outside of Auschwitz.
(c) It was actually the crematory.
(d) Deeper into German territory.

4. Where did most prisoners go after they had been used for Dr. Mengele's experiments?
(a) To the gas chamber.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) Right back to their barracks.
(d) They were shipped to another camp.

5. 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) Contagious cases were left for dead and sent to the gas chamber.
(c) They were afraid to infect other patients within the hospital.
(d) The nurses and doctors did not have the needed materials to treat them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were usually taken from each barrack during a selection?

2. What were the prisoners who worked outside of the camp forced to do as they marched into and out of camp?

3. What metaphor did the author use to describe the train cars at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. According to the author, why did the Germans keep the insane inmates alive?

5. What was wrong with the young Greek girl who was brought into the infirmary from a neighboring barrack?

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