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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What ingredient in the bread irritated the prisoners' gums?
(a) Peanuts.
(b) Gravel.
(c) Sawdust.
(d) Oats.
2. How many women worked in the kitchen staff?
(a) About four hundred.
(b) About forty.
(c) About three hundred.
(d) Almost one hundred.
3. What happened to the prisoners who drank stagnant water from the puddles?
(a) They were attacked by the German dogs.
(b) They died.
(c) They were beaten by the kapos.
(d) They were beaten by their fellow prisoners.
4. What was the difference between the coffee that the prisoners were served and the tea that they were given?
(a) The coffee gave off a much more foul odor.
(b) There was no real difference.
(c) Coffee was only given to the higher-ranking prisoners.
(d) The coffee was a darker color than the tea.
5. After they disembarked from the train, who was immediately sent to the left?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Healthy, able-bodied people.
(d) Children and old people.
6. What question did Olga ask of her mother and father before they left the train car?
(a) "Can you be strong?"
(b) "Will you look after the children?"
(c) "Will you pray for me?"
(d) "Can you forgive me?"
7. How many roll calls occurred each day?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.
8. Why did Olga get in the line to have her hair shaved?
(a) She was ordered into the line by a guard.
(b) She preferred to undergo the same treatment as her peers.
(c) She saw the head-shaving as an expression of mourning.
(d) She was worried about the threat of lice.
9. What was the ultimate purpose of Birkenau?
(a) The extermination of prisoners.
(b) The production of clothing for the German army.
(c) The detention of prisoners until the end of the war.
(d) The production of armaments.
10. At the time of the author's story, the city of Cluj was a part of what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Romania.
(d) Hungary.
11. Why did the Stubendiensts and the German prisoners form a circle around those who were chosen for selection?
(a) To protect them from the S.S.
(b) To hide them from the guards who were loading the trucks.
(c) To prevent them from escaping.
(d) To pray for them.
12. How many people were loaded into Olga's train car?
(a) 90.
(b) 106.
(c) 110.
(d) 96.
13. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Nine.
14. How did the children in the camp speak about the goings-on of the camp?
(a) They did not speak about it.
(b) Calmly and realistically.
(c) Tearfully and sometimes hysterically.
(d) Quietly and anxiously.
15. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?
(a) Three days.
(b) A week.
(c) Four days.
(d) Two days.
Short Answer Questions
1. At the beginning of the author's story, how much of Europe was under Nazi control?
2. Why was Olga chosen for selection in Chapter 8?
3. Why did the people who were still alive lie on top of one another during their last night on the train car?
4. Why did Olga go into the washrooms at lunch?
5. How long had the Polish woman, Irka, been in the camp?
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