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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many women were in the march that left from Birkenau with Olga?
(a) Ten thousand.
(b) Six thousand.
(c) Two thousand.
(d) Fifteen thousand.

2. What sign did Olga wear to indicate her participation in the resistance?
(a) A silk string around her throat.
(b) A piece of twine around her wrist.
(c) A pink hair ribbon.
(d) A black armband.

3. What was the weather like when Olga and the rest of her camp were evacuated from Auschwitz?
(a) Crisp and cool.
(b) Windy and freezing cold.
(c) Sunny and mild.
(d) Blistering hot and humid.

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

5. How many corpses did Olga count along the road as they evacuated from Auschwitz?
(a) 119.
(b) 89.
(c) 321.
(d) 298.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Olga and her bunk mates have for a "farewell supper" when she left Block 26 to go to Block 13?

2. Where did Olga and the other women get bread for their journey?

3. Between May and the end of July of 1944, how many people were executed at Auschwitz-Birkenau?

4. How much did Olga pay in order to buy a piece of cloth and have a nurse's blouse made?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the internees at Auschwitz affected by the news that Paris had been liberated?

2. 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..."?

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

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

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

6. Why did Olga still have faith in mankind, despite her tragic experience?

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

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

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

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