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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Olga get in the line to have her hair shaved?
(a) She saw the head-shaving as an expression of mourning.
(b) She was ordered into the line by a guard.
(c) She was worried about the threat of lice.
(d) She preferred to undergo the same treatment as her peers.

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

3. Why did Dr. Klein, the chief S.S. doctor of the camp, rebuke Olga when she asked to be allowed to give medical aid to her fellow prisoners?
(a) He did not believe that a prisoner had the necessary medical experience or knowledge.
(b) She spoke to him in a disrespectful manner, and he was offended.
(c) Prisoners were forbidden to speak directly to an S.S. doctor without authorization.
(d) He believed that they were being adequately cared for.

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

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

6. How many patients did the hospital in the infirmary hold?
(a) Two hundred and fifty.
(b) From four to five hundred people.
(c) Almost one hundred.
(d) Twenty to thirty.

7. What disease did Tadek's new girlfriend eventually contract?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Dysentery.

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

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

10. What did Olga assume when she saw the pitiful women in the cages?
(a) This was a dream.
(b) This was her own future.
(c) They were isolated because they were insane.
(d) They must be under quarantine.

11. How many people within the barracks had to share a single blanket?
(a) Seven.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

12. How many women worked in the kitchen staff?
(a) About forty.
(b) About four hundred.
(c) About three hundred.
(d) Almost one hundred.

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

14. After they disembarked from the train, who was immediately sent to the left?
(a) Women.
(b) Children and old people.
(c) Men.
(d) Healthy, able-bodied people.

15. What ingredient in the bread irritated the prisoners' gums?
(a) Gravel.
(b) Sawdust.
(c) Oats.
(d) Peanuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room became the "apartment" for Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary?

2. What time did the infirmary begin to see patients each day?

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

4. What did Olga have to give to the blocova in order to keep her escape from the gas chamber a secret?

5. Which prisoners were most often chosen to clean the latrines?

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