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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. What song did Olga and the other inmates listen to on the phonograph record?
2. What happened to all of the inmates who had relatives in America?
3. What did Irma Griese do to the handsome Georgian's Polish lover?
4. According to the formula devised by the insane mathematics professor, which was devised to explain the problem of the war, what did the variables X, Y, Z, and V stand for?
5. What did Olga usually do during the camp's "dance soirees"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Olga's second, and last, meeting with her husband.
2. How did prostitution emerge in the camp?
3. What examples did Olga offer to illustrate the emotional strength of some prisoners?
4. How did Olga's colleague, Dr. G, cope with the stress of living in camp?
5. What metaphor did Olga use to describe the "scientific experiments" that the Nazis performed on prisoners?
6. 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..."?
7. What evidence suggested to Olga that Dr. Klein had some compassion?
8. How did the Germans react to an unusually low report of pregnancies among the women inmates?
9. Why did Irma Griese become angry with Olga?
10. Why did Olga and her colleagues begin to murder newborn babies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
How was the author able to maintain her positive perspective on human nature despite the horrific ordeals she had experienced and witnessed?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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