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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the infirmary staff sterilize their instruments between patients?
(a) They washed them with soap and water after each patient.
(b) They did not sterilize their instruments because they had nothing to sterilize them with.
(c) They held the instruments into a fire pit to destroy the germs.
(d) They soaked the instruments in grain alcohol between patients.

3. How long had the blue-eyed man been in prison camps?
(a) Three years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Four years.

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) Coffee was only given to the higher-ranking prisoners.
(c) The coffee was a darker color than the tea.
(d) There was no real difference.

5. Why did the elderly man not eat the potatoes in his soup?
(a) He was blind and could not see that there were potatoes in his soup.
(b) He wanted to exchange them for a "favor" from one of the women.
(c) His mouth was wired shut, so he could only sip the broth.
(d) He had no teeth and the insides of the potatoes were uncooked.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many roll calls occurred each day?

2. What illness afflicted the children who were lying near the door of the train car?

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

4. How many people were usually taken from each barrack during a selection?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Olga run from the washroom when Tadek entered?

2. How did Olga react to her first sight of the women inside the camp?

3. How did Olga's life in the infirmary compare to the life she was previously leading in the camp?

4. How did Olga and her husband react to meeting each other within the camp?

5. Who was the "Lageraelteste" and why was she chosen for this position?

6. Why did Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary proceed with their work even though they did not have the proper resources?

7. How did Olga come to work in the infirmary?

8. How did the German soldiers react to the passengers on the train cars?

9. How did the Germans attempt to create animosity among the prisoners?

10. What dilemma did Olga face whenever her companions argued about the existence of the crematories?

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