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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XVII through XXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Nazis do with all of the documents they removed from the "political bureau"?
(a) They burned them.
(b) They loaded them into briefcases and locked the latches.
(c) They threw them into boxes and then into the back of a truck.
(d) They dumped them into the latrine.

2. How did Olga's husband die?
(a) He was shot during an evacuation march when he stooped to help a fellow prisoner.
(b) He was sent to the gas chamber.
(c) He was shot after trying to smuggle medicine into the hospital.
(d) He contracted small pox and died.

3. How long was the Lagerstrasse?
(a) About 10,000 feet long.
(b) About 1500 feet long.
(c) About 2 miles long.
(d) About 5000 long.

4. Why did the young girl who worked with Olga break into hysterical laughter one day when they entered the morgue?
(a) The pressure and horror of the job had finally taken its toll on her.
(b) She saw one of the S.S. bend over and rip his pants.
(c) She saw the body of her mother, whom she had thought was safely hidden.
(d) She realized that she would soon be one of those corpses piled on the floor.

5. What happened to the Veterinarian the night that her lover was taken to the gas chamber?
(a) Her hair turned almost completely white.
(b) She committed suicide.
(c) She had a heart attack and died.
(d) She became mute.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Olga chosen for selection in Chapter 8?

2. What name was given to the barrack's "cages" into which the prisoners were divided?

3. Why did Olga's husband decide not to take half of her poison?

4. How many roll calls occurred each day?

5. Why did the elderly man not eat the potatoes in his soup?

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