1. What does the author think about during difficult moments?
(a) His favorite poem.
(b) His love for his wife.
(c) His religion.
(d) His favorite recipe.

2. Why did prisoners try to get to the center of the lines that workers formed in the morning?
(a) Large blocks of people were always selected from the center, so friends could remain together.
(b) For the warmth in the center of the group.
(c) To avoid being seen by the SS.
(d) They could neither be punished for arriving early nor beaten for arriving late.

3. 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 meal time, when prisoners competed for one of the limited number of two-course meals.
(c) Before work began daily, when prisoners competed to be assigned the first jobs, as these were the least physically demanding.
(d) Before there was a shipment of the feeble and inable to work, when prisoners struggled not to be transported to another site.

4. What is the "delusion of reprieve"?
(a) The idea that many psychiatric patients have, that someone else is responsible for their own well-being.
(b) The idea that a condemned person has the illusion just before death that he will be saved.
(c) This is when a person deludes themself into believing that the worst is over, and the best is yet to come.
(d) When a psychiatric patient splits their own personality in two, in order to avoid dealing with trauma.

5. What was the "most ghastly moment of the twenty-four hours of camp life"?
(a) Skipping lunch.
(b) Waking up at three in the morning to work.
(c) Working in the early hours, in the cold.
(d) Dinner time, hungry and dealing with small, flavorless food.