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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 covered her back with a piece of wool.
(b) She was so sick that she couldn't get out of her bunk.
(c) She tried to stab the blocova.
(d) She stole food from the kitchen.

2. What did the green triangle on a prisoner's uniform indicate?
(a) The prisoner was of German origin.
(b) The prisoner had been selected for the gas chamber.
(c) The prisoner was guilty of murder.
(d) The prisoner worked in the infirmary.

3. What was the only restriction upon the Lageraelteste?
(a) She was not allowed to keep a servant.
(b) She was not permitted to leave the camp.
(c) She was not allowed to speak to the other prisoners.
(d) She had no restrictions.

4. Why did Olga renounce her privilege to write postcards to loved ones outside of the camp?
(a) She became suspicious when they were told to date them from another city.
(b) She did not know what she could say to anyone about her situation.
(c) She had no one left to whom she could write.
(d) She refused to take any perceived "kindness" from her captors.

5. What time did the infirmary begin to see patients each day?
(a) Seven o'clock in the morning.
(b) Six o'clock in the morning.
(c) Four o'clock in the morning.
(d) Five o'clock in the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the ambulances take the sick and injured who got off the train?

2. How many roll calls occurred each day?

3. How did the infirmary staff sterilize their instruments between patients?

4. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?

5. How many barracks lined the Lagerstrasse?

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