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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did the infirmary begin to see patients each day?

2. Why did the author and her colleagues dread taking contagious cases to the hospital?

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

4. At the time of the author's story, the city of Cluj was a part of what country?

5. How long had the blue-eyed man been in prison camps?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What went on in the washroom during the rest hour?

4. Why did Olga ask forgiveness from her mother and father while they waited in the train car?

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

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

7. How was the Zahlappel different from a regular selection?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What methods did the Nazis use to control their victims at different stages of their deportation, imprisonment, and extermination? How did the reactions of the deportees and prisoners enable the Nazis to succeed in their work?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the problems presented to the author and others in the camp because of pregnancy and childbirth. How did they deal with the dilemma? Why did they take the risks?

Essay Topic 3

According to the author, what were some misconceptions that observers had about the operations and conditions in the camps, and how did the author clear up those misconceptions?

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