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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 all exterminated.
(d) They were sent to Dr. Mengele for use in his experiments.

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

4. What part of "Canada" reminded Olga of all the infants that had been murdered by the Germans?
(a) A collection of baby bottles.
(b) A row of baby carriages.
(c) The boxes of baby shoes.
(d) A pile of family photos.

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

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

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

8. According to the author, why did the Germans keep the insane inmates alive?
(a) They did not find them to be a threat.
(b) They found them "interesting" and wanted to study them.
(c) They viewed them as entertainment, much like pets.
(d) They were afraid to harm them out of superstitious beliefs.

9. How did the Germans decide to exterminate the remaining children in the camp?
(a) They threw them into a pit and burned them with gasoline.
(b) They made them stand wet in the freezing weather until they died of exposure.
(c) They took them into the woods and shot them.
(d) They stopped feeding them and left them to die of starvation.

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

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

12. 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) The pressure and horror of the job had finally taken its toll on her.
(c) She realized that she would soon be one of those corpses piled on the floor.
(d) She saw the body of her mother, whom she had thought was safely hidden.

13. Why was Olga uneasy when the French internee came to the infirmary on August 26, 1944?
(a) His wounds were too severe for her to help him.
(b) Men were not supposed to come into the women's infirmary.
(c) She did not trust him.
(d) He seemed too happy, and she was afraid that he had gone mad.

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

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

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. Why did Olga not kill Dr. Mengele when she had the chance?

3. Where did Olga and the other women get bread for their journey?

4. What/who disappeared from the camp in November of 1944?

5. What brought Olga's husband satisfaction in his job at the camp?

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