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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) Fifty-four.
(c) Forty-two.
(d) Thirty-one.

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

3. Between May and the end of July of 1944, how many people were executed at Auschwitz-Birkenau?
(a) 442,000.
(b) 512,000.
(c) Over 1,300,000.
(d) About 24,000.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What plan did Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary devise in order to save pregnant mothers?

4. What did L. say that he and Olga must both do after the war?

5. According to the author, why did the Germans keep the insane inmates alive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What metaphor did Olga use to describe the "scientific experiments" that the Nazis performed on prisoners?

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

7. How did L. give Olga a reason to live?

8. Why did some prisoners throw themselves into the electrified wire?

9. What experiences did the author have with the commander-in-chief of the camp, Joseph Kramer?

10. Why did Irma Griese become angry with Olga?

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