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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. Aside from the gas chamber, what other means of extermination did the Nazis use?
(a) An injection of phenol into the heart.
(b) Humane euthanasia.
(c) Beheading.
(d) Food poisoning.

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

3. What "presents" did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, give to Olga?
(a) A spoon and a tin cup.
(b) Bits of twine in order to make herself a belt.
(c) A potato and a shawl.
(d) A wooden knife and a handkerchief.

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

5. What was the "most tragic danger" for the sick in the camp?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Disease.
(c) Selections.
(d) Infection.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive blankets?

4. How long was the Lagerstrasse?

5. Why did Olga's husband decide not to take half of her poison?

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