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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 many barracks lined the Lagerstrasse?
(a) Seventeen on either side.
(b) Thirty Six.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty total.

2. Upon reflection, how does Olga Lengyel describe her philosophy about mankind?
(a) She continued to have faith in mankind and hope for the future.
(b) She believed that only the Nazis could ever be capable of such evil acts.
(c) She believed that mankind is basically cruel and the situation influenced this cruelty.
(d) She believed that mankind is weak and easily influenced by negative forces.

3. What had been Tadek's profession before the war?
(a) He was a university professor in Warsaw.
(b) He was a painter in Berlin.
(c) He was a concert violinist in Krakow.
(d) He was a Methodist minister in Vienna.

4. What advice did the handsome German prisoner have for Olga when she was looking for her son?
(a) "Pay one of the guards and he may tell you where to go."
(b) "Don't give up looking, no matter what others tell you."
(c) "Pretend to be German, and you might get kind treatment."
(d) "Forget him, and everyone else you knew, and just worry about yourself."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the young Czech boy trade in order to have one night with his lover from the other side of the fence?

2. Where did Olga and the other women get bread for their journey?

3. How did Olga escape from the rope that bound her to the cart?

4. What did the green triangle on a prisoner's uniform indicate?

5. Why did Olga not kill Dr. Mengele when she had the chance?

(see the answer key)

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