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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to camp gossip, what was the purpose of the powder that was mixed into the inmates' food?
(a) To reduce or destroy the sexual appetite.
(b) To slowly destroy the internal organs.
(c) To cause degeneration of the brain.
(d) To cause anemia.

2. 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.

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

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

5. 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?
(a) Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and Hitler.
(b) Hitler, Himmler, Hess, and Goebbels.
(c) Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and Roosevelt.
(d) Stalin, Hitler, Mengele, and Griese.

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

7. What did L. say that he and Olga must both do after the war?
(a) Search for their family members.
(b) Reunite and get to know each other outside of war.
(c) Write down everything they had seen so that the world would know the truth.
(d) See to it that the Nazis were punished for their crimes.

8. 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 wanted the prisoners to panic before they died.
(d) They let the temperature rise a few degrees to help the gas work better.

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

10. What/who disappeared from the camp in November of 1944?
(a) The selections.
(b) The German guards who patrolled the barbed wire.
(c) The infirmary.
(d) Irma Griese.

11. Where did Olga and the other women get bread for their journey?
(a) It was distributed to each inmate for the journey.
(b) People from the men's camp gave them some before they left.
(c) They smashed in the warehouse door and took the bread.
(d) They had been saving it for an emergency.

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

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

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

15. 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) "Whistle While You Work" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
(d) "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Benny Goodman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to all of the inmates who had relatives in America?

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

3. How old was Irma Griese?

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

5. How many days did the 315 "selected" women wait for Dr. Klein before he arrived to review them?

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