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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How far was the morgue from the hospital?
(a) Over an hour's walk.
(b) Ten minutes.
(c) Forty minutes.
(d) A half-hour's walk.

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

4. 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) They could drink the sweat that dripped near their mouths.
(d) Their hands were contaminated from the dead bodies.

5. What plan did Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary devise in order to save pregnant mothers?
(a) They killed the babies before they cried and passed them off as stillborn.
(b) They sneaked the mother out of camp before she gave birth.
(c) They found a sympathetic officer who sneaked the babies out of the camp and into nearby orphanages.
(d) They hid the mothers and their babies after birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to camp gossip, what was the purpose of the powder that was mixed into the inmates' food?

2. What did Irma Griese do to the handsome Georgian's Polish lover?

3. What service did Irma Griese demand from the surgeon in the infirmary?

4. How many women were in the march that left from Birkenau with Olga?

5. What happened when a woman gave birth in the concentration camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Olga and her colleagues begin to murder newborn babies?

2. Why did Irma Griese become angry with Olga?

3. What examples did Olga offer to illustrate the emotional strength of some prisoners?

4. What purpose did the building known as "Canada" serve, both for the Germans and for the inmates?

5. Why did Olga still have faith in mankind, despite her tragic experience?

6. How did Olga and her friends escape from the ranks of prisoners during the march?

7. How did the conditions in camp reveal a person's true nature?

8. What was the difference between "organization" and "theft"?

9. How did Olga's colleague, Dr. G, cope with the stress of living in camp?

10. Describe Olga's second, and last, meeting with her husband.

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