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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 Olga's husband decide not to take half of her poison?
(a) He decided that he would live to tell others about the cruelty he had seen.
(b) He remembered where he could find his own poison.
(c) She begged him to leave it all for her.
(d) She might have needed it all, and suicide might be easier for him.

2. What was the ultimate purpose of Birkenau?
(a) The detention of prisoners until the end of the war.
(b) The production of clothing for the German army.
(c) The production of armaments.
(d) The extermination of prisoners.

3. How many prisoners were assigned to carry the 150-pound kettle for each meal?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

4. What was Miklos Lengyel's profession?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Linguistics professor.
(c) City adiministrator.
(d) Lawyer.

5. What did Olga hide in her boot?
(a) A piece of bread.
(b) A knife.
(c) A picture of her family.
(d) A poison capsule.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Olga rip her own blouse and dress?

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

4. Why did the Stubendiensts and the German prisoners form a circle around those who were chosen for selection?

5. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Dr. and Mrs. Lengyel respond to the stories they heard about the cruelty of the Germans and their treatment of prisoners?

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

4. From the author's point of view, how did nationality affect the treatment that inmates received in the camp?

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

6. What were the conditions like in Olga's barracks?

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

8. In what ways was Birkenau different from Auschwitz?

9. What details about their arrival offered the passengers hope that their conditions would be better at the camp?

10. What did the barrack chief, Irka, explain after Olga suggested that she had hope for survival?

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