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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 of the crematory buildings were destroyed in the explosion that the resistance set off?
(a) Three out of the four.
(b) Only one of the four.
(c) Two out of the four.
(d) All four buildings.

2. What did Irma Griese forbid Olga to do?
(a) To return to the infirmary.
(b) To speak to any other inmate about their meeting.
(c) To accompany Dr. Klein on his rounds.
(d) To look at her in the eye.

3. What was distributed to internees as they entered the gas chamber that helped to convince them that they were actually headed for the showers?
(a) Shower caps.
(b) Scrub brushes.
(c) Towels and soap.
(d) Claim tickets for their clothing.

4. Why was Olga uneasy when the French internee came to the infirmary on August 26, 1944?
(a) She did not trust him.
(b) His wounds were too severe for her to help him.
(c) He seemed too happy, and she was afraid that he had gone mad.
(d) Men were not supposed to come into the women's infirmary.

5. After June of 1943, how were most Aryans executed?
(a) Shooting, hanging, or poison injections.
(b) Firing squad only.
(c) The gas chamber or firing squad.
(d) Most were worked to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Dr. Mengele's two favorite studies?

2. How did the Germans decide to exterminate the remaining children in the camp?

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

4. What gift did L. give to Olga and the other members of the infirmary staff?

5. How did Olga's husband die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence suggested to Olga that Dr. Klein had some compassion?

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

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

4. How did prostitution emerge in the camp?

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

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

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

8. Why does Olga say, "I could never decide whether it was harder to dig ditches next to the crematory or work near the railroad station..."?

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

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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