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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 many women were in the march that left from Birkenau with Olga?

2. Why did the German guard beat the woman he accused of not being a "correct" prisoner?

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

4. What was the weather like when Olga and the rest of her camp were evacuated from Auschwitz?

5. What did Irma Griese do to the handsome Georgian's Polish lover?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How were the S.S. at Auschwitz affected by the news that Paris had been liberated?

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

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

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

6. How did prostitution emerge in the camp?

7. 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..."?

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the problems presented to the author and others in the camp because of pregnancy and childbirth. How did they deal with the dilemma? Why did they take the risks?

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