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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the handsome, blue-eyed man doing in Olga's barrack?
(a) He was a doctor on his rounds.
(b) He had sneaked in to see one of the women.
(c) He was hiding from the camp police.
(d) He was repairing the bunks.

2. Why did the elderly man give his potatoes to Olga rather than to the woman to whom he had promised them?
(a) He knew Olga from their life before the camp.
(b) The other woman was not around.
(c) Olga was younger than the other woman.
(d) Olga looked like she needed the food more than the other woman did.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What illness afflicted the children who were lying near the door of the train car?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Small pox.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Dysentery.

11. What was the duty of the blocova's secretary?
(a) To write and send out memos to the other prisoners.
(b) To deliver messages to the S.S. offices.
(c) To edit the roll call and reports.
(d) To keep the blocova's office organized.

12. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive blankets?
(a) Two months.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

13. What were the two purposes of camp selections?
(a) To select some prisoners for the crematory and to decimate the others.
(b) To select prisoners for the crematory and to locate missing prisoners.
(c) To select prisoners for work detail and to show off German power.
(d) To inventory prisoners and maintain an accurate count.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many patients did the hospital in the infirmary hold?

2. Where did the ambulances take the sick and injured who got off the train?

3. What was the ultimate purpose of Birkenau?

4. How did Olga become a "rich woman" in the camp?

5. How long was the Lagerstrasse?

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