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

2. According to the author, despite his handsome appearance, what characteristic of Dr. Mengele's made a person uneasy?
(a) A nasty scar running under his chin and up to his right ear.
(b) A wildness in his eyes.
(c) Nothing in particular; just something about his demeanor.
(d) His smug grin.

3. What happened to the prisoners who drank stagnant water from the puddles?
(a) They were beaten by their fellow prisoners.
(b) They were attacked by the German dogs.
(c) They died.
(d) They were beaten by the kapos.

4. How did the children in the camp speak about the goings-on of the camp?
(a) They did not speak about it.
(b) Tearfully and sometimes hysterically.
(c) Calmly and realistically.
(d) Quietly and anxiously.

5. What did the insignia on each train car indicate?
(a) The concentration camp to which each car was headed.
(b) The explanation for the deportation of the people inside the cars.
(c) The number of animals that each car was designed to transport.
(d) The countries from which the cars originated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had the blue-eyed man been in prison camps?

2. Why did the Stubendiensts surround the prisoners who were chosen for selection?

3. What "rumor" did the woman in Olga's barrack share with Dr. Klein?

4. Why did the prisoners eat the soup even though it was repulsive to them?

5. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?

(see the answer key)

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