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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. What illness afflicted the children who were lying near the door of the train car?
(a) Small pox.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Influenza.

2. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

3. After they disembarked from the train, who was immediately sent to the left?
(a) Men.
(b) Children and old people.
(c) Healthy, able-bodied people.
(d) Women.

4. How many people within the barracks had to share a single blanket?
(a) Ten.
(b) Seven.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Three.

5. How long was the Lagerstrasse?
(a) About 5000 long.
(b) About 10,000 feet long.
(c) About 2 miles long.
(d) About 1500 feet long.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How many patients did the hospital in the infirmary hold?

5. What did the insignia on each train car indicate?

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