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

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

3. What happened when a woman gave birth in the concentration camp?
(a) The mother and child were sent to a special maternity camp.
(b) The baby was removed and sent to a German orphanage.
(c) The baby was sent to the gas chamber and the mother was relocated.
(d) Both the mother and the child were sent to the gas chamber.

4. What did the Germans plan to do with the patients who were left behind when the camp evacuated?
(a) Leave them behind for the Russians to deal with.
(b) March them along the road in a separate group.
(c) Exterminate them.
(d) Load them into wagons to be evacuated.

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

6. Why did the young girl who worked with Olga break into hysterical laughter one day when they entered the morgue?
(a) The pressure and horror of the job had finally taken its toll on her.
(b) She saw one of the S.S. bend over and rip his pants.
(c) She saw the body of her mother, whom she had thought was safely hidden.
(d) She realized that she would soon be one of those corpses piled on the floor.

7. What happened to the Hungarian girl who was brought to the infirmary?
(a) Her neck had been pierced by a hooked pole.
(b) She was shot in the eye by a German guard.
(c) She was hit in the back of the head by a brick.
(d) Her foot was infected and gangrenous.

8. What regulation governed the tattooing of prisoners?
(a) All prisoners were tattooed, regardless of their status.
(b) Only prisoners who received special treatment were tattooed.
(c) There were no fixed regulations.
(d) The tattoo numbers determined the order in which prisoners were executed.

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

10. What gift did L. give to Olga and the other members of the infirmary staff?
(a) Margarine.
(b) Spoons.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Wool.

11. What were Dr. Mengele's two favorite studies?
(a) Reproduction and sterilization.
(b) Intelligence and dementia.
(c) Twins and dwarves.
(d) Pathology and oncology.

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

13. What happened to all of the inmates who had relatives in America?
(a) They were used as human shields by the German army.
(b) They were sent to the American front.
(c) They were sent to Dr. Mengele for use in his experiments.
(d) They were all exterminated.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news did the French internee share with Olga when he came to the infirmary on August 26, 1944?

2. How many women were saved from death on the day that Dr. Klein sent them out of the washroom?

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

4. How much did Olga pay in order to buy a piece of cloth and have a nurse's blouse made?

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

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