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

2. How did Olga escape from the rope that bound her to the cart?
(a) She used a knife that she had hidden in her skirt.
(b) She worked her hands loose by pulling and stretching the rope.
(c) She rubbed the rope back and forth against the wood on the cart.
(d) She gnawed through them with her teeth.

3. Why did Olga not kill Dr. Mengele when she had the chance?
(a) She hesitated and lost the opportunity.
(b) She knew that the entire camp would be punished for her actions.
(c) She was too afraid for her own life.
(d) She knew she must live to tell the story.

4. What news did the French internee share with Olga when he came to the infirmary on August 26, 1944?
(a) "Irma Griese is being transferred."
(b) "The camp is to be liquidated."
(c) "Paris is liberated."
(d) "I know where your husband is."

5. Upon reflection, how does Olga Lengyel describe her philosophy about mankind?
(a) She believed that mankind is basically cruel and the situation influenced this cruelty.
(b) She believed that only the Nazis could ever be capable of such evil acts.
(c) She believed that mankind is weak and easily influenced by negative forces.
(d) She continued to have faith in mankind and hope for the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Nazis do with all of the documents they removed from the "political bureau"?

2. Why did L. insist that Olga give out all of the news that he delivered to her?

3. What were the prisoners who worked outside of the camp forced to do as they marched into and out of camp?

4. Why was Auschwitz made up of mostly Gentile prisoners?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did prostitution emerge in the camp?

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

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

5. Why did Irma Griese become angry with Olga?

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

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

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

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

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

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