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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 did Olga have to give to the blocova in order to keep her escape from the gas chamber a secret?

2. According to the author, how many serious infections were dealt with in the infirmary as a result of poor sterilization procedures?

3. What did Olga pick up from the ground that helped her escape from the group of prisoners headed for the gas chamber?

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

5. From where did the blue-eyed man come?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Olga run from the washroom when Tadek entered?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was the author able to maintain her positive perspective on human nature despite the horrific ordeals she had experienced and witnessed?

Essay Topic 2

How were religious leaders treated in the camp? How did the conditions of the camp affect their religious beliefs? How were other prisoners affected by the examples of these religious leaders?

Essay Topic 3

Why did the author find the treatment of the children in the Nazi camps particularly disturbing? What made the treatment and the murder of the children more horrific in her mind?

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