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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 were the two purposes of camp selections?
(a) To select prisoners for work detail and to show off German power.
(b) To inventory prisoners and maintain an accurate count.
(c) To select some prisoners for the crematory and to decimate the others.
(d) To select prisoners for the crematory and to locate missing prisoners.

2. According to the author, despite his handsome appearance, what characteristic of Dr. Mengele's made a person uneasy?
(a) A nasty scar running under his chin and up to his right ear.
(b) Nothing in particular; just something about his demeanor.
(c) His smug grin.
(d) A wildness in his eyes.

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

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

5. Why did Dr. Klein, the chief S.S. doctor of the camp, rebuke Olga when she asked to be allowed to give medical aid to her fellow prisoners?
(a) Prisoners were forbidden to speak directly to an S.S. doctor without authorization.
(b) He believed that they were being adequately cared for.
(c) He did not believe that a prisoner had the necessary medical experience or knowledge.
(d) She spoke to him in a disrespectful manner, and he was offended.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How often was the water turned on in the washrooms?

3. Why did the people who were still alive lie on top of one another during their last night on the train car?

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

5. Other than for eating, of what use were the twenty bowls issued to the prisoners in the barracks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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