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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Olga's husband die?
(a) He was shot after trying to smuggle medicine into the hospital.
(b) He was sent to the gas chamber.
(c) He contracted small pox and died.
(d) He was shot during an evacuation march when he stooped to help a fellow prisoner.

2. Where was the "American camp" to which the German officer ordered the four American men to be taken?
(a) There was no American camp; they were shot in the woods.
(b) Deeper into German territory.
(c) It was actually the crematory.
(d) Just outside of Auschwitz.

3. According to the author, which of the experimental stations was the "most jealously guarded" of them all?
(a) The radiological station.
(b) The vivisection station.
(c) The artificial insemination station.
(d) The psychiatric station.

4. How much did Olga pay in order to buy a piece of cloth and have a nurse's blouse made?
(a) All of her tea for a week.
(b) Eight days of bread.
(c) Three days of margarine and bread.
(d) Eight days' ration of bread and three soups.

5. How many women were saved from death on the day that Dr. Klein sent them out of the washroom?
(a) Forty-two.
(b) Thirty-one.
(c) Fifty-four.
(d) Seventy-six.

6. What happened to the Veterinarian the night that her lover was taken to the gas chamber?
(a) She had a heart attack and died.
(b) She committed suicide.
(c) Her hair turned almost completely white.
(d) She became mute.

7. Why were pregnancies sometimes hard to catch in the initial selection at the station?
(a) The German officers did not always pay close attention to details.
(b) They were difficult to miss because there were so many people at the station.
(c) Out of fear, many women tried to hide their pregnancies.
(d) Many women wore several layers of clothing, hoping to be able to keep them all.

8. Why did Olga not kill Dr. Mengele when she had the chance?
(a) She knew she must live to tell the story.
(b) She hesitated and lost the opportunity.
(c) She was too afraid for her own life.
(d) She knew that the entire camp would be punished for her actions.

9. Through the underground, Olga discovered that her husband was working where?
(a) In the camp at Buna.
(b) In the hospital at Belsen.
(c) In the crematory.
(d) In "Canada."

10. What did Irma Griese forbid Olga to do?
(a) To look at her in the eye.
(b) To accompany Dr. Klein on his rounds.
(c) To return to the infirmary.
(d) To speak to any other inmate about their meeting.

11. Which group in the camp were allowed to receive (for a while) packages from home?
(a) Only Germans.
(b) The Gypsies.
(c) The Poles.
(d) The Czechs.

12. What did Olga usually do during the camp's "dance soirees"?
(a) She played the music on the phonograph.
(b) She was working in the infirmary.
(c) She was asleep in her bunk.
(d) She watched from the doorway of her barrack.

13. Why did Joseph Kramer arrange an unexpected concert for the prisoners in Auschwitz?
(a) He was rewarding the prisoners for good behavior.
(b) Olga was not sure, but it made her nervous.
(c) For a propaganda film showing the good treatment the prisoners received.
(d) It was a show for Red Cross officials who were surveying the camp's conditions.

14. Upon reflection, how does Olga Lengyel describe her philosophy about mankind?
(a) She believed that only the Nazis could ever be capable of such evil acts.
(b) She believed that mankind is basically cruel and the situation influenced this cruelty.
(c) She believed that mankind is weak and easily influenced by negative forces.
(d) She continued to have faith in mankind and hope for the future.

15. What service did Irma Griese demand from the surgeon in the infirmary?
(a) The removal of a bunion.
(b) An abortion.
(c) An appendectomy.
(d) The removal of a mole.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sign did Olga wear to indicate her participation in the resistance?

3. Why did the Germans wait several minutes before they turned on the gas in the gas chambers?

4. What surprised Olga about the four men in sports clothes that she saw at the train station?

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

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