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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. According to the formula devised by the insane mathematics professor, which was devised to explain the problem of the war, what did the variables X, Y, Z, and V stand for?
(a) Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and Roosevelt.
(b) Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and Hitler.
(c) Stalin, Hitler, Mengele, and Griese.
(d) Hitler, Himmler, Hess, and Goebbels.

2. Why did the Stubendiensts surround the prisoners who were chosen for selection?
(a) To pray for them before they were taken to the crematory.
(b) To try to prevent the S.S. from taking them to the crematory.
(c) To prevent them from escaping.
(d) To give them privacy from the other prisoners.

3. According to the author, of what ingredient was the camp soap made?
(a) The grease from the cremated bodies of prisoners.
(b) The soup that was left at the end of each week.
(c) The rendered bodies of rats caught in the camp.
(d) Toiletries taken from the luggage of detainees.

4. Why did the elderly man not eat the potatoes in his soup?
(a) His mouth was wired shut, so he could only sip the broth.
(b) He was blind and could not see that there were potatoes in his soup.
(c) He wanted to exchange them for a "favor" from one of the women.
(d) He had no teeth and the insides of the potatoes were uncooked.

5. At each roll call, how many woman were lined up in front of each barrack?
(a) 2000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 1,400.
(d) 200,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many women eventually ended up sharing the "apartment" in Barrack 13?

2. What part of "Canada" reminded Olga of all the infants that had been murdered by the Germans?

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

4. What/who disappeared from the camp in November of 1944?

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

(see the answer key)

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