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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reply did most prisoners in the concentration camp give to explain their imprisonment?
(a) They fought in the resistance.
(b) They were Polish.
(c) They were Jewish.
(d) They did not know why they were there.

2. Which of Olga's friends was also chosen for selection at the same time?
(a) Lilli.
(b) Eva.
(c) Magda.
(d) Irka.

3. Why did Olga renounce her privilege to write postcards to loved ones outside of the camp?
(a) She had no one left to whom she could write.
(b) She refused to take any perceived "kindness" from her captors.
(c) She became suspicious when they were told to date them from another city.
(d) She did not know what she could say to anyone about her situation.

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 trash bag.
(c) A hat.
(d) A rock.

5. What response did the old inmate give Olga when she asked about the red brick building with the chimney?
(a) He said it was an ammunition factory.
(b) He smiled and told her that she would find out soon enough.
(c) He told her that she did not want to know the truth.
(d) He said it was the camp bakery.

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

7. Why did Madga, at first, refuse to attempt escape?
(a) She did not want to leave her mother, who was also in the circle.
(b) She was tired of living and had resigned herself to death.
(c) She was too frightened to move out of the circle.
(d) She did not believe in the crematory and thought they would go somewhere better.

8. How often was the water turned on in the washrooms?
(a) Once or twice a day for an hour or two.
(b) Once a day either in the morning or the evening.
(c) Once or twice a week, but only for a few minutes.
(d) They could never know for sure.

9. How many barracks lined the Lagerstrasse?
(a) Twenty total.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Seventeen on either side.
(d) Thirty Six.

10. According to the author, how many serious infections were dealt with in the infirmary as a result of poor sterilization procedures?
(a) Over two hundred.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Too many to count.
(d) Zero.

11. How many people were loaded into Olga's train car?
(a) 106.
(b) 96.
(c) 110.
(d) 90.

12. Why was Olga chosen for selection in Chapter 8?
(a) She covered her back with a piece of wool.
(b) She tried to stab the blocova.
(c) She stole food from the kitchen.
(d) She was so sick that she couldn't get out of her bunk.

13. What was the difference between the coffee that the prisoners were served and the tea that they were given?
(a) The coffee was a darker color than the tea.
(b) There was no real difference.
(c) The coffee gave off a much more foul odor.
(d) Coffee was only given to the higher-ranking prisoners.

14. What was the original purpose of the building that became Olga's new home?
(a) A munitions plant.
(b) A stable.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A bakery.

15. What about the blue-eyed man caught Olga's attention?
(a) His head had been shaved.
(b) He had a scar on his face.
(c) He was smiling.
(d) He was missing one ear.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?

2. What disease did Tadek's new girlfriend eventually contract?

3. Why did the elderly man give his potatoes to Olga rather than to the woman to whom he had promised them?

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

5. What did Olga hide in her boot?

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