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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. Which prisoners were most often chosen to clean the latrines?
(a) The Jews, preferably the rabbis.
(b) Anyone with dark hair and dark eyes.
(c) The Gypsies.
(d) Intellectuals like doctors or teachers.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reply did most prisoners in the concentration camp give to explain their imprisonment?

2. How many barracks lined the Lagerstrasse?

3. Why did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, stop bringing gifts for Olga?

4. Why did Olga and her family join her husband when he was deported?

5. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive blankets?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the Germans allow the prisoners to write postcards to their loved ones outside of the camps?

3. Why did Tadek give Olga a potato and a shawl?

4. Describe the conditions of the work in the infirmary.

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

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

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

8. How was the Zahlappel different from a regular selection?

9. What made the roll calls at the camp so difficult to endure?

10. Why did the German guards intentionally assign prisoners to work for which they were unsuited?

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