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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Olga and her companion refrain from wiping their faces even when they sweated?
(a) Their hands were contaminated from the dead bodies.
(b) They could drink the sweat that dripped near their mouths.
(c) They were too tired to raise their hands to their faces.
(d) They did not want to show weakness to the Nazis.

2. How many of the crematory buildings were destroyed in the explosion that the resistance set off?
(a) Two out of the four.
(b) All four buildings.
(c) Three out of the four.
(d) Only one of the four.

3. Why did the Germans wait several minutes before they turned on the gas in the gas chambers?
(a) They let the temperature rise a few degrees to help the gas work better.
(b) They had to wait for the proper official to arrive and give the order.
(c) They wanted the prisoners to panic before they died.
(d) They waited to be sure that no more prisoners could fit into the room.

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

5. What standard did the Germans use to determine which children in the men's camp would be exterminated?
(a) Shoe size.
(b) Height.
(c) Age.
(d) Weight.

6. How many days passed between Olga's arrival in the village and the arrival of the Russian troops?
(a) The Russians arrived five days later.
(b) The Russians arrived that same night.
(c) The Russians arrived three days later.
(d) The Russians arrived the next morning.

7. According to Olga, what did the word "organize" come to mean among the prisoners?
(a) Spy.
(b) Steal.
(c) Pass information.
(d) Brotherhood.

8. Why did the German guard beat the woman he accused of not being a "correct" prisoner?
(a) She seemed to carry her head too high.
(b) She couldn't carry the load that he ordered her to carry.
(c) She failed to avert her eyes when he walked by.
(d) She had been in camp six months, but should have died three months before.

9. Where did most prisoners go after they had been used for Dr. Mengele's experiments?
(a) They were shipped to another camp.
(b) Right back to their barracks.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) To the gas chamber.

10. What did Dr. Klein bring for Olga while she and the other inmates were kneeling in the mud?
(a) Information about her husband.
(b) New shoes.
(c) A box of surgical gloves.
(d) Samples of medicine for the infirmary.

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

12. What did the resistance use as the principle center for broadcasting its "spoken newspaper"?
(a) The infirmary.
(b) The latrines.
(c) The alley behind the infirmary.
(d) "Canada."

13. What was the "astonishing question" that Irma Griese asked Olga?
(a) "What is your name?"
(b) "Where do you come from?"
(c) "Would you like to sit down?"
(d) "How do you know Dr. Klein?"

14. What were the prisoners who worked outside of the camp forced to do as they marched into and out of camp?
(a) Carry away dead bodies.
(b) Salute the S.S.
(c) Pull the work wagons.
(d) Sing.

15. What physical feature caused Olga to be subjected to ridicule and beatings?
(a) Her lopsided ears.
(b) Her large nose.
(c) Her naturally thin eyebrows.
(d) Her full bosom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many corpses did Olga count along the road as they evacuated from Auschwitz?

2. 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?

3. After the liberation of Auschwitz, what did the Moscow professor discover in his autopsies of female internees?

4. What happened to the Hungarian girl who was brought to the infirmary?

5. How did Olga escape from the rope that bound her to the cart?

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