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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V through IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice did the handsome German prisoner have for Olga when she was looking for her son?
(a) "Pay one of the guards and he may tell you where to go."
(b) "Forget him, and everyone else you knew, and just worry about yourself."
(c) "Pretend to be German, and you might get kind treatment."
(d) "Don't give up looking, no matter what others tell you."

2. How often were the prisoners allowed to go to the latrines?
(a) Three times, once after each meal.
(b) Twice each day.
(c) Four times each day.
(d) Once a day.

3. How did Olga become a "rich woman" in the camp?
(a) She made a toothbrush, a handkerchief, and a wooden knife.
(b) She was given extra food by one of the guards.
(c) She was given her own blanket, which she shared with her bedmates.
(d) She found friends who comforted her.

4. What did Olga pick up from the ground that helped her escape from the group of prisoners headed for the gas chamber?
(a) A stick.
(b) A rock.
(c) A hat.
(d) A trash bag.

5. What time did the infirmary begin to see patients each day?
(a) Six o'clock in the morning.
(b) Four o'clock in the morning.
(c) Five o'clock in the morning.
(d) Seven o'clock in the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the two purposes of camp selections?

2. What was the only restriction upon the Lageraelteste?

3. How often was the water turned on in the washrooms?

4. Aside from the gas chamber, what other means of extermination did the Nazis use?

5. Which prisoners were most often chosen to clean the latrines?

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