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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was distributed to internees as they entered the gas chamber that helped to convince them that they were actually headed for the showers?
(a) Scrub brushes.
(b) Towels and soap.
(c) Shower caps.
(d) Claim tickets for their clothing.

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

4. What did the Nazis do with all of the documents they removed from the "political bureau"?
(a) They burned them.
(b) They dumped them into the latrine.
(c) They loaded them into briefcases and locked the latches.
(d) They threw them into boxes and then into the back of a truck.

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

6. What scientific benefit resulted from Dr. Mengele's experiments involving human subjects?
(a) No scientific benefit.
(b) He discovered penicillin.
(c) A vaccine for polio was developed.
(d) Safer gas masks were designed.

7. What was the weather like when Olga and the rest of her camp were evacuated from Auschwitz?
(a) Sunny and mild.
(b) Blistering hot and humid.
(c) Crisp and cool.
(d) Windy and freezing cold.

8. What did the young Czech boy trade in order to have one night with his lover from the other side of the fence?
(a) Eight days of bread and eight days of soup.
(b) A bowl and a toothbrush.
(c) A bottle of aspirin.
(d) A diamond that he stole from "Canada".

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

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

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

12. How many corpses did Olga count along the road as they evacuated from Auschwitz?
(a) 89.
(b) 119.
(c) 321.
(d) 298.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, how many corpses were burned each day at Bireknau between the crematory ovens and the death pits?

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

3. How many women from the infirmary had the task of carrying corpses from the hospital to the morgue?

4. What happened to the Veterinarian the night that her lover was taken to the gas chamber?

5. Which group in the camp were allowed to receive (for a while) packages from home?

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