1. How were the Capos chosen?
(a) They were chosen according to their phyiscal strength.
(b) They were randomly chosen from groups arriving by train daily.
(c) They were chosen for their height, as the work that they did required tall men.
(d) They were the prisoners who were seen as having a suitable character for the job.

2. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?
(a) Before bed, when men and women competed for a place on a soft bed.
(b) Before work began daily, when prisoners competed to be assigned the first jobs, as these were the least physically demanding.
(c) Before meal time, when prisoners competed for one of the limited number of two-course meals.
(d) Before there was a shipment of the feeble and inable to work, when prisoners struggled not to be transported to another site.

3. During the time that the author spent in concentration camps, what does he describe as his main work?
(a) Cleaning the guards' living and work quarters.
(b) Preparing bodies for burial.
(c) Working in the kitchen.
(d) Digging and laying tracks for railway lines.

4. What does the author attempt to describe in this essay?
(a) The reason that the Nazis rose to power.
(b) The ways in which living in a concentration camp made prisoners stronger.
(c) The experience of living in a concentration camp.
(d) The last days of the war.

5. Why did the Capo in the author's working party do him favors?
(a) The author aided him in finding the strongest men to work on his team.
(b) The author was his doctor before he was put in prison.
(c) The author listened to his marital problems and offered psychotherapeutic advice.
(d) This Capo favored him because they were from the same hometown.