Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Olga Lengyel
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Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Olga's friends was also chosen for selection at the same time?
(a) Eva.
(b) Magda.
(c) Lilli.
(d) Irka.

2. 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 found friends who comforted her.
(d) She was given her own blanket, which she shared with her bedmates.

3. What was the name of the building that became Olga's home while she was in Auschwitz?
(a) Birkenau.
(b) The Bakery.
(c) Barrack 23.
(d) Barrack 26.

4. How many patients did the hospital in the infirmary hold?
(a) Almost one hundred.
(b) From four to five hundred people.
(c) Twenty to thirty.
(d) Two hundred and fifty.

5. 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) She spoke to him in a disrespectful manner, and he was offended.
(b) He did not believe that a prisoner had the necessary medical experience or knowledge.
(c) Prisoners were forbidden to speak directly to an S.S. doctor without authorization.
(d) He believed that they were being adequately cared for.

6. 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 beaten by the blocova.
(d) They would be shot by the S.S.

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

8. What was the difference between the coffee that the prisoners were served and the tea that they were given?
(a) There was no real difference.
(b) The coffee gave off a much more foul odor.
(c) The coffee was a darker color than the tea.
(d) Coffee was only given to the higher-ranking prisoners.

9. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?
(a) Four days.
(b) A week.
(c) Three days.
(d) Two days.

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

11. What name was given to the internee who was chosen as barrack chief?
(a) Kommando.
(b) Koia.
(c) Blocova.
(d) Stubendienst.

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

13. According to the author, despite his handsome appearance, what characteristic of Dr. Mengele's made a person uneasy?
(a) Nothing in particular; just something about his demeanor.
(b) A wildness in his eyes.
(c) A nasty scar running under his chin and up to his right ear.
(d) His smug grin.

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

15. Why was Olga chosen for selection in Chapter 8?
(a) She covered her back with a piece of wool.
(b) She stole food from the kitchen.
(c) She was so sick that she couldn't get out of her bunk.
(d) She tried to stab the blocova.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Olga's husband decide not to take half of her poison?

2. From where did the blue-eyed man come?

3. What did Olga pick up from the ground that helped her escape from the group of prisoners headed for the gas chamber?

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

5. What was wrong with the young Greek girl who was brought into the infirmary from a neighboring barrack?

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