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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 surprised Olga about the four men in sports clothes that she saw at the train station?
(a) They all looked exactly alike.
(b) They were speaking English.
(c) They seemed to know the German officer who was in charge.
(d) She knew them from Cluj.

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

3. According to the author, how many serious infections were dealt with in the infirmary as a result of poor sterilization procedures?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Too many to count.
(c) Zero.
(d) Over two hundred.

4. What plan did Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary devise in order to save pregnant mothers?
(a) They killed the babies before they cried and passed them off as stillborn.
(b) They found a sympathetic officer who sneaked the babies out of the camp and into nearby orphanages.
(c) They sneaked the mother out of camp before she gave birth.
(d) They hid the mothers and their babies after birth.

5. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?
(a) Three days.
(b) Four days.
(c) Two days.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ultimate purpose of Birkenau?

2. What was the handsome, blue-eyed man doing in Olga's barrack?

3. Why did Olga rip her own blouse and dress?

4. Why did the people who were still alive lie on top of one another during their last night on the train car?

5. What name was given to the prisoner who was chosen to oversee the service within each block?

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