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

2. Why did the author and her colleagues dread taking contagious cases to the hospital?
(a) They were afraid to infect other patients within the hospital.
(b) Contagious cases were left for dead and sent to the gas chamber.
(c) The nurses and doctors did not have the needed materials to treat them.
(d) They were afraid that they themselves would catch the diseases.

3. What advice did the handsome German prisoner have for Olga when she was looking for her son?
(a) "Forget him, and everyone else you knew, and just worry about yourself."
(b) "Pretend to be German, and you might get kind treatment."
(c) "Don't give up looking, no matter what others tell you."
(d) "Pay one of the guards and he may tell you where to go."

4. How did Olga become a "rich woman" in the camp?
(a) She was given her own blanket, which she shared with her bedmates.
(b) She found friends who comforted her.
(c) She was given extra food by one of the guards.
(d) She made a toothbrush, a handkerchief, and a wooden knife.

5. What sign, posted in the camp, assured prisoners that they would be put to work?
(a) "Hard work is its own reward!"
(b) "Work is freedom!"
(c) "Work is the path to happiness!"
(d) "To work is to live!"

Short Answer Questions

1. What name was given to the internee who was chosen as barrack chief?

2. What ingredient in the bread irritated the prisoners' gums?

3. What was the irony in Dr. Lengyel's success in saving Olly's life?

4. What was the only restriction upon the Lageraelteste?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who was the "Lageraelteste" and why was she chosen for this position?

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

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

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