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

2. Why could Olga not get a sample of the mysterious powder that was put into the prisoners' food?
(a) The kitchen worker was too afraid of being caught.
(b) The only person allowed to go near the powder was an S.S. woman.
(c) She did not know anyone who worked in the kitchens.
(d) No one knew if the powder actually existed.

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

4. What standard did the Germans use to determine which children in the men's camp would be exterminated?
(a) Shoe size.
(b) Weight.
(c) Age.
(d) Height.

5. What regulation governed the tattooing of prisoners?
(a) All prisoners were tattooed, regardless of their status.
(b) There were no fixed regulations.
(c) The tattoo numbers determined the order in which prisoners were executed.
(d) Only prisoners who received special treatment were tattooed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Olga pay in order to buy a piece of cloth and have a nurse's blouse made?

2. Between May and the end of July of 1944, how many people were executed at Auschwitz-Birkenau?

3. What was the name of the building that became Olga's home while she was in Auschwitz?

4. Why did the elderly man not eat the potatoes in his soup?

5. According to the author, despite his handsome appearance, what characteristic of Dr. Mengele's made a person uneasy?

(see the answer key)

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