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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room became the "apartment" for Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary?
(a) The old urinal in Barrack Number 12.
(b) The far end of the hospital wing.
(c) A lean-to behind the washrooms.
(d) A pantry in the kitchens.

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

3. At the beginning of the author's story, how much of Europe was under Nazi control?
(a) Three-fourths.
(b) Almost half.
(c) One-third.
(d) Two-thirds.

4. At each roll call, how many woman were lined up in front of each barrack?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 1,400.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 2000.

5. What "rumor" did the woman in Olga's barrack share with Dr. Klein?
(a) Some people said that the sick were sent to the gas chamber.
(b) Russian troops were headed in the direction of the camp.
(c) The S.S. were poisoning the food that was served to the prisoners.
(d) Men and women met at lunch time in the washroom.

6. Why did Olga rip her own blouse and dress?
(a) She knew that the shreds would be useful later.
(b) She tried to pull the clothing out of a guard's hands.
(c) She was trying to create a distraction for another woman.
(d) She did not want the Germans to be able to use them.

7. How often were the prisoners allowed to go to the latrines?
(a) Four times each day.
(b) Three times, once after each meal.
(c) Once a day.
(d) Twice each day.

8. According to the author, why was the male German prisoner, who saved her from the S.S., treated better than other prisoners?
(a) He was charming and handsome.
(b) He had connections in the German military.
(c) He was a criminal, not a political prisoner.
(d) The German guards owed him favors.

9. Why did the elderly man not eat the potatoes in his soup?
(a) He was blind and could not see that there were potatoes in his soup.
(b) His mouth was wired shut, so he could only sip the broth.
(c) He wanted to exchange them for a "favor" from one of the women.
(d) He had no teeth and the insides of the potatoes were uncooked.

10. What time did the infirmary begin to see patients each day?
(a) Four o'clock in the morning.
(b) Seven o'clock in the morning.
(c) Five o'clock in the morning.
(d) Six o'clock in the morning.

11. How many roll calls occurred each day?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

12. Other than for eating, of what use were the twenty bowls issued to the prisoners in the barracks?
(a) Weapons during fights.
(b) Digging latrines.
(c) Chamber pots.
(d) Collecting rain water.

13. What was the name of the building that became Olga's home while she was in Auschwitz?
(a) Barrack 26.
(b) Birkenau.
(c) Barrack 23.
(d) The Bakery.

14. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?
(a) Three days.
(b) A week.
(c) Four days.
(d) Two days.

15. How did the infirmary staff sterilize their instruments between patients?
(a) They did not sterilize their instruments because they had nothing to sterilize them with.
(b) They held the instruments into a fire pit to destroy the germs.
(c) They soaked the instruments in grain alcohol between patients.
(d) They washed them with soap and water after each patient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, stop bringing gifts for Olga?

2. How many people were loaded into Olga's train car?

3. Why did Olga go into the washrooms at lunch?

4. What was the only restriction upon the Lageraelteste?

5. Of what was Dr. Lengyel accused when he was questioned by the S.S.?

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