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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 often were the prisoners allowed to go to the latrines?
(a) Three times, once after each meal.
(b) Twice each day.
(c) Four times each day.
(d) Once a day.
2. 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) The S.S. were poisoning the food that was served to the prisoners.
(c) Men and women met at lunch time in the washroom.
(d) Russian troops were headed in the direction of the camp.
3. What reply did most prisoners in the concentration camp give to explain their imprisonment?
(a) They did not know why they were there.
(b) They were Polish.
(c) They fought in the resistance.
(d) They were Jewish.
4. How many barracks lined the Lagerstrasse?
(a) Seventeen on either side.
(b) Thirty Six.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty total.
5. What was the duty of the blocova's secretary?
(a) To write and send out memos to the other prisoners.
(b) To keep the blocova's office organized.
(c) To edit the roll call and reports.
(d) To deliver messages to the S.S. offices.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the difference between the coffee that the prisoners were served and the tea that they were given?
2. What did the green triangle on a prisoner's uniform indicate?
3. How long was the Lagerstrasse?
4. Why did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, stop bringing gifts for Olga?
5. What did Olga assume when she saw the pitiful women in the cages?
Short Essay Questions
1. From the author's point of view, how did nationality affect the treatment that inmates received in the camp?
2. What details about their arrival offered the passengers hope that their conditions would be better at the camp?
3. How did Olga become a "rich woman" in the camp?
4. What struck Olga about the treatment of the young girls in the camp?
5. How did Olga's life in the infirmary compare to the life she was previously leading in the camp?
6. What were the conditions like in Olga's barracks?
7. Why did the German guards intentionally assign prisoners to work for which they were unsuited?
8. Why did Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary proceed with their work even though they did not have the proper resources?
9. What went on in the washroom during the rest hour?
10. Why did Olga blame herself for the deaths of her parents and children?
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