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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Olga hide in her boot?
(a) A poison capsule.
(b) A knife.
(c) A piece of bread.
(d) A picture of her family.

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

3. What "rumor" did the woman in Olga's barrack share with Dr. Klein?
(a) The S.S. were poisoning the food that was served to the prisoners.
(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) Men and women met at lunch time in the washroom.

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

5. How many prisoners were assigned to carry the 150-pound kettle for each meal?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

6. What response did the old inmate give Olga when she asked about the red brick building with the chimney?
(a) He said it was an ammunition factory.
(b) He said it was the camp bakery.
(c) He told her that she did not want to know the truth.
(d) He smiled and told her that she would find out soon enough.

7. What was the first "tax" that was demanded of the passengers in the train car?
(a) All of their jewels.
(b) Thirty wristwatches.
(c) Twenty stocking hats and pairs of gloves.
(d) Twenty fountain pens.

8. How did the children in the camp speak about the goings-on of the camp?
(a) They did not speak about it.
(b) Tearfully and sometimes hysterically.
(c) Quietly and anxiously.
(d) Calmly and realistically.

9. According to the German major who stayed with the Lengyel family, why did his family complain whenever he returned home?
(a) He was away from home so much and they missed him.
(b) They disagreed with the way that the Germans were treating prisoners.
(c) He did not send back as much loot as the other officers sent to their families.
(d) He did not make enough money to keep his children fed and clothed.

10. What did Olga have to give to the blocova in order to keep her escape from the gas chamber a secret?
(a) Her toothbrush.
(b) A week's ration of margarine.
(c) Her boots.
(d) Her wooden knife.

11. 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) He believed that they were being adequately cared for.
(c) She spoke to him in a disrespectful manner, and he was offended.
(d) Prisoners were forbidden to speak directly to an S.S. doctor without authorization.

12. From where did the blue-eyed man come?
(a) Poland.
(b) Belgium.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

13. 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 deliver messages to the S.S. offices.
(d) To edit the roll call and reports.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Dr. Klein different from the other S.S.?

2. Why did the author and her colleagues dread taking contagious cases to the hospital?

3. Why did the Stubendiensts and the German prisoners form a circle around those who were chosen for selection?

4. Why did the elderly man give his potatoes to Olga rather than to the woman to whom he had promised them?

5. Why did the elderly man not eat the potatoes in his soup?

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