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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the insignia on each train car indicate?
(a) The number of animals that each car was designed to transport.
(b) The concentration camp to which each car was headed.
(c) The countries from which the cars originated.
(d) The explanation for the deportation of the people inside the cars.

2. What was the "most tragic danger" for the sick in the camp?
(a) Disease.
(b) Infection.
(c) Selections.
(d) Starvation.

3. Of what was Dr. Lengyel accused when he was questioned by the S.S.?
(a) Boycotting the use of German pharmeceuticals in his clinic.
(b) Distributing anti-Nazi propaganda.
(c) Providing free medical services to Gypsies.
(d) Hiding Jewish families in his hospital.

4. Why did the author and her colleagues dread taking contagious cases to the hospital?
(a) They were afraid to infect other patients within the hospital.
(b) The nurses and doctors did not have the needed materials to treat them.
(c) Contagious cases were left for dead and sent to the gas chamber.
(d) They were afraid that they themselves would catch the diseases.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, stop bringing gifts for Olga?
(a) She rejected his sexual advances.
(b) He did not think that she was attractive.
(c) He found someone that he liked better.
(d) She chose another man over him.

11. What "presents" did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, give to Olga?
(a) Bits of twine in order to make herself a belt.
(b) A potato and a shawl.
(c) A spoon and a tin cup.
(d) A wooden knife and a handkerchief.

12. What would happen to the prisoners if they tried to sneak to the latrines at night?
(a) They would be attacked by fellow prisoners.
(b) They would not be allowed back into the barracks.
(c) They would be shot by the S.S.
(d) They would be beaten by the blocova.

13. How long had the Polish woman, Irka, been in the camp?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Fifteen months.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive blankets?

2. What was the only restriction upon the Lageraelteste?

3. What did the green triangle on a prisoner's uniform indicate?

4. At the beginning of the author's story, how much of Europe was under Nazi control?

5. Which of Olga's friends was also chosen for selection at the same time?

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