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

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

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

4. What was wrong with the young Greek girl who was brought into the infirmary from a neighboring barrack?
(a) She was anemic.
(b) She had pneumonia.
(c) She had dysentery.
(d) She was mentally ill.

5. Why did Madga, at first, refuse to attempt escape?
(a) She did not believe in the crematory and thought they would go somewhere better.
(b) She was too frightened to move out of the circle.
(c) She was tired of living and had resigned herself to death.
(d) She did not want to leave her mother, who was also in the circle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "presents" did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, give to Olga?

2. What did Olga and her fellow prisoners use as a mop?

3. What was the original purpose of the building that became Olga's new home?

4. Of what was Dr. Lengyel accused when he was questioned by the S.S.?

5. What was the only restriction upon the Lageraelteste?

(see the answer key)

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