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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 did the insignia on each train car indicate?
(a) The number of animals that each car was designed to transport.
(b) The explanation for the deportation of the people inside the cars.
(c) The countries from which the cars originated.
(d) The concentration camp to which each car was headed.

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

3. Why did the people who were still alive lie on top of one another during their last night on the train car?
(a) Because there was not enough room in the car for everyone to lie down.
(b) To avoid coming into contact with the decaying corpses.
(c) To try to stay warm during the cold night.
(d) Because no one wanted to be near the door when it was opened.

4. What ingredient in the bread irritated the prisoners' gums?
(a) Oats.
(b) Peanuts.
(c) Sawdust.
(d) Gravel.

5. To what does the author compare the S.S. women who oversaw the selections in their large black rain capes?
(a) Agents of the devil.
(b) Bats swooping down from the sky.
(c) Ominous ghosts.
(d) Vultures waiting for their prey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aside from the gas chamber, what other means of extermination did the Nazis use?

2. What "rumor" did the woman in Olga's barrack share with Dr. Klein?

3. What metaphor did the author use to describe the train cars at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. What about the blue-eyed man caught Olga's attention?

5. How many internees were in Olga's camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what ways was Birkenau different from Auschwitz?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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