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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. What illness afflicted the children who were lying near the door of the train car?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Small pox.

2. Why did the prisoners eat the soup even though it was repulsive to them?
(a) They knew that if they did not eat, they would die.
(b) The German guards would beat them if they did not eat.
(c) They did not want to offend their captors.
(d) They hoped to find one of the "surprises" in the bottom.

3. What was the duty of the blocova's secretary?
(a) To edit the roll call and reports.
(b) To deliver messages to the S.S. offices.
(c) To write and send out memos to the other prisoners.
(d) To keep the blocova's office organized.

4. What response did the old inmate give Olga when she asked about the red brick building with the chimney?
(a) He said it was an ammunition factory.
(b) He said it was the camp bakery.
(c) He smiled and told her that she would find out soon enough.
(d) He told her that she did not want to know the truth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what was Dr. Lengyel accused when he was questioned by the S.S.?

2. What "presents" did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, give to Olga?

3. What did Olga and her fellow prisoners use as a mop?

4. How did the children in the camp speak about the goings-on of the camp?

5. After they disembarked from the train, who was immediately sent to the left?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the hierarchy of the prisoners in the camp.

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

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

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