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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XVII through XXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the handsome, blue-eyed man doing in Olga's barrack?
(a) He was hiding from the camp police.
(b) He was a doctor on his rounds.
(c) He was repairing the bunks.
(d) He had sneaked in to see one of the women.

2. Why was Auschwitz made up of mostly Gentile prisoners?
(a) Most of the population in that area of Europe was Gentile.
(b) The Germans had not yet turned their attention to the Jews.
(c) Most of the Jews were immediately sent to the gas chamber.
(d) The Germans believed in keeping the Jews separate from the Gentiles.

3. How often was the water turned on in the washrooms?
(a) They could never know for sure.
(b) Once a day either in the morning or the evening.
(c) Once or twice a day for an hour or two.
(d) Once or twice a week, but only for a few minutes.

4. What was the difference between the coffee that the prisoners were served and the tea that they were given?
(a) The coffee was a darker color than the tea.
(b) Coffee was only given to the higher-ranking prisoners.
(c) There was no real difference.
(d) The coffee gave off a much more foul odor.

5. One day in June of 1944, where did Irma Griese send the 315 women who were "selected"?
(a) Into the woods to be shot.
(b) Into a washroom, where they were locked in.
(c) Out of the camp on a work detail.
(d) Directly to the crematory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dr. Klein bring for Olga while she and the other inmates were kneeling in the mud?

2. Why did Olga and her companion refrain from wiping their faces even when they sweated?

3. Which of Olga's friends was also chosen for selection at the same time?

4. Why did Dr. Klein, the chief S.S. doctor of the camp, rebuke Olga when she asked to be allowed to give medical aid to her fellow prisoners?

5. At the time of the author's story, the city of Cluj was a part of what country?

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