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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Miklos Lengyel's profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Linguistics professor.
(c) City adiministrator.
(d) Surgeon.

2. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?
(a) Seven.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Five.
(d) Nine.

3. How many internees were in Olga's camp?
(a) About ten thousand.
(b) Over two hundred thousand.
(c) Around one hundred thousand.
(d) Thirty to forty thousand.

4. What time did the infirmary begin to see patients each day?
(a) Seven o'clock in the morning.
(b) Five o'clock in the morning.
(c) Six o'clock in the morning.
(d) Four o'clock in the morning.

5. Why did the prisoners eat the soup even though it was repulsive to them?
(a) They did not want to offend their captors.
(b) They hoped to find one of the "surprises" in the bottom.
(c) They knew that if they did not eat, they would die.
(d) The German guards would beat them if they did not eat.

6. How did Olga become a "rich woman" in the camp?
(a) She made a toothbrush, a handkerchief, and a wooden knife.
(b) She was given extra food by one of the guards.
(c) She was given her own blanket, which she shared with her bedmates.
(d) She found friends who comforted her.

7. What room became the "apartment" for Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary?
(a) The far end of the hospital wing.
(b) A lean-to behind the washrooms.
(c) A pantry in the kitchens.
(d) The old urinal in Barrack Number 12.

8. Why did Olga go into the washrooms at lunch?
(a) She had heard that the men sometimes shared their food with women in there.
(b) She felt dirty and wanted to try to clean herself.
(c) She wanted to find a place to be alone.
(d) She followed along with a friend.

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

10. What question did Olga ask of her mother and father before they left the train car?
(a) "Can you be strong?"
(b) "Can you forgive me?"
(c) "Will you look after the children?"
(d) "Will you pray for me?"

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

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

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

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

15. At the time of the author's story, the city of Cluj was a part of what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Poland.
(d) Romania.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did it take for the train that was carrying Olga and her family to arrive at its destination?

2. How often were the prisoners allowed to go to the latrines?

3. According to the author, despite his handsome appearance, what characteristic of Dr. Mengele's made a person uneasy?

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

5. What disease did Tadek's new girlfriend eventually contract?

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