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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters X through XVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between May and the end of July of 1944, how many people were executed at Auschwitz-Birkenau?
(a) About 24,000.
(b) 512,000.
(c) 442,000.
(d) Over 1,300,000.

2. Why did the Germans wait several minutes before they turned on the gas in the gas chambers?
(a) They waited to be sure that no more prisoners could fit into the room.
(b) They wanted the prisoners to panic before they died.
(c) They had to wait for the proper official to arrive and give the order.
(d) They let the temperature rise a few degrees to help the gas work better.

3. Why did Olga go into the washrooms at lunch?
(a) She wanted to find a place to be alone.
(b) She followed along with a friend.
(c) She had heard that the men sometimes shared their food with women in there.
(d) She felt dirty and wanted to try to clean herself.

4. Where was the "American camp" to which the German officer ordered the four American men to be taken?
(a) Deeper into German territory.
(b) There was no American camp; they were shot in the woods.
(c) Just outside of Auschwitz.
(d) It was actually the crematory.

5. What did Olga and her friend trade for a bit of plazki?
(a) A hairbrush.
(b) Two aspirin tablets.
(c) A piece of wool.
(d) Bread and margarine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Olga pick up from the ground that helped her escape from the group of prisoners headed for the gas chamber?

2. What question did Olga ask of her mother and father before they left the train car?

3. What plan did Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary devise in order to save pregnant mothers?

4. To what does the author compare the S.S. women who oversaw the selections in their large black rain capes?

5. How long had the blue-eyed man been in prison camps?

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