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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. How did the children in the camp speak about the goings-on of the camp?
(a) They did not speak about it.
(b) Quietly and anxiously.
(c) Calmly and realistically.
(d) Tearfully and sometimes hysterically.

2. What did Irma Griese do to the handsome Georgian man?
(a) She sent him to the gas chamber.
(b) She cut deep gashes into his face.
(c) She beat his lover and then had him shot.
(d) She forced him to lick her boots.

3. What did the insignia on each train car indicate?
(a) The explanation for the deportation of the people inside the cars.
(b) The number of animals that each car was designed to transport.
(c) The countries from which the cars originated.
(d) The concentration camp to which each car was headed.

4. According to the author, despite his handsome appearance, what characteristic of Dr. Mengele's made a person uneasy?
(a) A wildness in his eyes.
(b) His smug grin.
(c) Nothing in particular; just something about his demeanor.
(d) A nasty scar running under his chin and up to his right ear.

5. What did Olga and her bunk mates have for a "farewell supper" when she left Block 26 to go to Block 13?
(a) Margarine and stale bread.
(b) They shared an apple.
(c) Toothpaste spread on bread.
(d) Potatoes stolen from the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many women were in the march that left from Birkenau with Olga?

2. What was the original purpose of the building that became Olga's new home?

3. What physical feature caused Olga to be subjected to ridicule and beatings?

4. What did the Nazis do with all of the documents they removed from the "political bureau"?

5. Other than for eating, of what use were the twenty bowls issued to the prisoners in the barracks?

(see the answer key)

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