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

2. How many women eventually ended up sharing the "apartment" in Barrack 13?

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

4. What service did Irma Griese demand from the surgeon in the infirmary?

5. What did Irma Griese do to the handsome Georgian's Polish lover?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Russian, Dr. Mitrovna, save Olga's life?

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

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

4. How did the conditions in camp reveal a person's true nature?

5. In what ways were the inmates in the Czech camp given preferential treatment?

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

7. How did the Germans react to an unusually low report of pregnancies among the women inmates?

8. What metaphor did Olga use to describe the "scientific experiments" that the Nazis performed on prisoners?

9. How did the camp change as the end of the war neared?

10. How did prostitution emerge in the camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was the author able to maintain her positive perspective on human nature despite the horrific ordeals she had experienced and witnessed?

Essay Topic 2

Why did the author find the treatment of the children in the Nazi camps particularly disturbing? What made the treatment and the murder of the children more horrific in her mind?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the examples of strength among the prisoners with the examples of weakness. How did these examples inspire or repel the other prisoners? How could each have become a source of inspiration?

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