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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 surprised Olga about the four men in sports clothes that she saw at the train station?

2. How many days passed between Olga's arrival in the village and the arrival of the Russian troops?

3. According to the author, of what ingredient was the camp soap made?

4. What/who disappeared from the camp in November of 1944?

5. What service did Irma Griese demand from the surgeon in the infirmary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What observations did Olga make about the effects of the first weeks in camp upon new internees?

2. Why did Olga and her colleagues begin to murder newborn babies?

3. What examples did Olga offer to illustrate the emotional strength of some prisoners?

4. How did L. give Olga a reason to live?

5. In what ways were the inmates in the Czech camp given preferential treatment?

6. What purpose did the building known as "Canada" serve, both for the Germans and for the inmates?

7. How did the camp change as the end of the war neared?

8. How did Olga's colleague, Dr. G, cope with the stress of living in camp?

9. How did Olga and her companions find renewed energy by stealing bread from the warehouse?

10. Why did Irma Griese become angry with Olga?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the evolution of self-preservation among the prisoners, Olga included, and the extremes to which some people took this notion. At what point did caring only for oneself become necessary, and how did this influence the way in which some prisoners interacted with each other?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

According to the author, why is the entire world responsible for the atrocities that the Nazis committed? How does the blame of other countries compare to Germany's blame? What must the world do in order to make amends for its mistakes of World War II?

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