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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. What happened to all of the inmates who had relatives in America?
(a) They were sent to Dr. Mengele for use in his experiments.
(b) They were used as human shields by the German army.
(c) They were sent to the American front.
(d) They were all exterminated.

2. What did Olga and her bunk mates have for a "farewell supper" when she left Block 26 to go to Block 13?
(a) They shared an apple.
(b) Margarine and stale bread.
(c) Potatoes stolen from the kitchen.
(d) Toothpaste spread on bread.

3. 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 took them into the woods and shot them.
(c) They stopped feeding them and left them to die of starvation.
(d) They made them stand wet in the freezing weather until they died of exposure.

4. Why could Olga not get a sample of the mysterious powder that was put into the prisoners' food?
(a) She did not know anyone who worked in the kitchens.
(b) The only person allowed to go near the powder was an S.S. woman.
(c) No one knew if the powder actually existed.
(d) The kitchen worker was too afraid of being caught.

5. What kind of music did Dr. Mengele prefer?
(a) Broadway show tunes.
(b) Opera, especially Wagner.
(c) Polka music.
(d) American pop music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Hungarian girl who was brought to the infirmary?

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

3. What did the resistance use as the principle center for broadcasting its "spoken newspaper"?

4. How old was Irma Griese?

5. Where did the prisoners hide their "pinklys" during roll call?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Russian, Dr. Mitrovna, save Olga's life?

3. In what ways were the inmates in the Czech camp given preferential treatment?

4. How did Dr. Mengele differ from Dr. Klein?

5. How were the S.S. at Auschwitz affected by the news that Paris had been liberated?

6. How did the Germans use work assignments to break the spirits of the prisoners?

7. How were the internees at Auschwitz affected by the news that Paris had been liberated?

8. How did the Germans react to an unusually low report of pregnancies among the women inmates?

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

10. What steps did the Nazis take in order to reassure the newly arrived deportees that their lives in the camp would be bearable?

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