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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. What was the "astonishing question" that Irma Griese asked Olga?

2. What did Irma Griese do to the handsome Georgian man?

3. Why did the young girl who worked with Olga break into hysterical laughter one day when they entered the morgue?

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

5. Which group in the camp were allowed to receive (for a while) packages from home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Irma Griese become angry with Olga?

2. How did Olga and her companions find renewed energy by stealing bread from the warehouse?

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

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

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

6. What observations did Olga make about the effects of the first weeks in camp upon new internees?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the purpose and consequences of the experiments that S.S. doctors conducted with prisoners. What value did they have for science? What value did they have for the Nazis? How were those involved in the experiments affected by the experiments?

Essay Topic 2

In spite of the horrible treatment that the prisoners received at the hands of the Nazis and the misdeeds toward one another, Olga describes some true kindnesses among the prisoners. Describe the kind acts that she experienced and observed, and analyze the value of these acts for those involved.

Essay Topic 3

Why did the author find the treatment of the children in the Nazi camps particularly disturbing? What made the treatment and the murder of the children more horrific in her mind?

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