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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters X through XVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many roll calls occurred each day?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

2. To what does the author compare the S.S. women who oversaw the selections in their large black rain capes?
(a) Agents of the devil.
(b) Vultures waiting for their prey.
(c) Bats swooping down from the sky.
(d) Ominous ghosts.

3. According to the author, why was the male German prisoner, who saved her from the S.S., treated better than other prisoners?
(a) He was a criminal, not a political prisoner.
(b) The German guards owed him favors.
(c) He had connections in the German military.
(d) He was charming and handsome.

4. What/who disappeared from the camp in November of 1944?
(a) Irma Griese.
(b) The selections.
(c) The German guards who patrolled the barbed wire.
(d) The infirmary.

5. Why did the Germans wait several minutes before they turned on the gas in the gas chambers?
(a) They let the temperature rise a few degrees to help the gas work better.
(b) They waited to be sure that no more prisoners could fit into the room.
(c) They had to wait for the proper official to arrive and give the order.
(d) They wanted the prisoners to panic before they died.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often were the prisoners allowed to go to the latrines?

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

3. Why did Olga and her family join her husband when he was deported?

4. What were the two purposes of camp selections?

5. How far was the morgue from the hospital?

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