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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. Aside from the gas chamber, what other means of extermination did the Nazis use?
(a) Humane euthanasia.
(b) Beheading.
(c) Food poisoning.
(d) An injection of phenol into the heart.

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

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

4. How long was the Lagerstrasse?
(a) About 2 miles long.
(b) About 10,000 feet long.
(c) About 5000 long.
(d) About 1500 feet long.

5. Why did Olga renounce her privilege to write postcards to loved ones outside of the camp?
(a) She refused to take any perceived "kindness" from her captors.
(b) She had no one left to whom she could write.
(c) She became suspicious when they were told to date them from another city.
(d) She did not know what she could say to anyone about her situation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the duty of the blocova's secretary?

2. What was the name of the building that became Olga's home while she was in Auschwitz?

3. What did Olga have to give to the blocova in order to keep her escape from the gas chamber a secret?

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

5. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. At what point did the deportees realize the true horror of their situation?

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

4. How did the conditions in the "koias" affect the prisoners?

5. Why did Olga blame herself for the deaths of her parents and children?

6. How were the people on the train cars affected by the trip and the inhumane conditions?

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

8. What struck Olga about the treatment of the young girls in the camp?

9. Why did Olga relate the sensation of thirst to her memories of the concentration camp?

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

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