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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did the Germans decide to exterminate the remaining children in the camp?
2. Upon reflection, how does Olga Lengyel describe her philosophy about mankind?
3. Between May and the end of July of 1944, how many people were executed at Auschwitz-Birkenau?
4. What had been Tadek's profession before the war?
5. What did the resistance use as the principle center for broadcasting its "spoken newspaper"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the Germans use work assignments to break the spirits of the prisoners?
2. How did prostitution emerge in the camp?
3. Why did some prisoners throw themselves into the electrified wire?
4. How did Olga and her companions find renewed energy by stealing bread from the warehouse?
5. How did the camp change as the end of the war neared?
6. How were the internees at Auschwitz affected by the news that Paris had been liberated?
7. How did Dr. Mengele differ from Dr. Klein?
8. How were the S.S. at Auschwitz affected by the news that Paris had been liberated?
9. What purpose did the building known as "Canada" serve, both for the Germans and for the inmates?
10. How did Olga and her friends escape from the ranks of prisoners during the march?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why did some prisoners survive while others did not? What qualities seemed to enable some prisoners to survive? To what extremes did some inmates resort, and how did these actions affect them?
Essay Topic 2
How did having a purpose change the author's attitude toward her captivity? How did it contribute to her survival?
Essay Topic 3
What methods did the Nazis use to control their victims at different stages of their deportation, imprisonment, and extermination? How did the reactions of the deportees and prisoners enable the Nazis to succeed in their work?
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