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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 did the young Czech boy trade in order to have one night with his lover from the other side of the fence?
(a) Eight days of bread and eight days of soup.
(b) A diamond that he stole from "Canada".
(c) A bowl and a toothbrush.
(d) A bottle of aspirin.

2. Through the underground, Olga discovered that her husband was working where?
(a) In the camp at Buna.
(b) In the hospital at Belsen.
(c) In "Canada."
(d) In the crematory.

3. 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 knew she must live to tell the story.
(c) She was too afraid for her own life.
(d) She hesitated and lost the opportunity.

4. How many women were in the march that left from Birkenau with Olga?
(a) Fifteen thousand.
(b) Six thousand.
(c) Two thousand.
(d) Ten thousand.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What surprised Olga about the four men in sports clothes that she saw at the train station?

3. What did Dr. Klein bring for Olga while she and the other inmates were kneeling in the mud?

4. How far was the morgue from the hospital?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the camp change as the end of the war neared?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Irma Griese become angry with Olga?

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

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

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