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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) It was actually the crematory.
(c) Deeper into German territory.
(d) Just outside of Auschwitz.

2. How did Olga escape from the rope that bound her to the cart?
(a) She rubbed the rope back and forth against the wood on the cart.
(b) She gnawed through them with her teeth.
(c) She used a knife that she had hidden in her skirt.
(d) She worked her hands loose by pulling and stretching the rope.

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

4. What ailments produced as much as 30 percent of the infirmary's visits?
(a) Scarlet fever and diarrhea.
(b) Malnutrition and epidemics.
(c) Skin disorders and anemia.
(d) Malnutrition and pregnancies.

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

6. According to the author, how many corpses were burned each day at Bireknau between the crematory ovens and the death pits?
(a) Over 8,000.
(b) 17,280.
(c) About 24,000.
(d) 360,000.

7. What song did Olga and the other inmates listen to on the phonograph record?
(a) "Silent Night" by Bing Crosby.
(b) "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Fred Astaire.
(c) "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Benny Goodman.
(d) "Whistle While You Work" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

8. 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) She realized that she would soon be one of those corpses piled on the floor.
(d) The pressure and horror of the job had finally taken its toll on her.

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

10. What brought Olga's husband satisfaction in his job at the camp?
(a) Knowing that Olga would be proud of his work.
(b) Knowing that the end of the war was near and the Nazis would pay.
(c) Helping to further the resistance.
(d) Being able to ease the suffering of so many internees.

11. Why did L. insist that Olga give out all of the news that he delivered to her?
(a) He wanted to be sure that he could depend on her.
(b) Olga would then become more important to the S.S. guards.
(c) The internees needed it to keep up their morale.
(d) He needed to confuse the Nazis.

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

13. How many days did the 315 "selected" women wait for Dr. Klein before he arrived to review them?
(a) Six days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Five days.

14. 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' ration of bread and three soups.
(c) Three days of margarine and bread.
(d) Eight days of bread.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One day in June of 1944, where did Irma Griese send the 315 women who were "selected"?

2. Between May and the end of July of 1944, how many people were executed at Auschwitz-Birkenau?

3. What was the weather like when Olga and the rest of her camp were evacuated from Auschwitz?

4. After June of 1943, how were most Aryans executed?

5. How many women eventually ended up sharing the "apartment" in Barrack 13?

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