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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Olga and her family join her husband when he was deported?
(a) She believed everything would be all right as long as they stayed together.
(b) She did not want him to suffer the terrors of the camps alone.
(c) She believed the family would be better off than they were in Cluj.
(d) The S.S. forced them from their homes and sent them away. too.

2. How many people were loaded into Olga's train car?
(a) 96.
(b) 106.
(c) 110.
(d) 90.

3. How many roll calls occurred each day?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

4. At each roll call, how many woman were lined up in front of each barrack?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 1,400.
(d) 2000.

5. What was the difference between the coffee that the prisoners were served and the tea that they were given?
(a) The coffee was a darker color than the tea.
(b) There was no real difference.
(c) Coffee was only given to the higher-ranking prisoners.
(d) The coffee gave off a much more foul odor.

6. What time did the infirmary begin to see patients each day?
(a) Four o'clock in the morning.
(b) Five o'clock in the morning.
(c) Six o'clock in the morning.
(d) Seven o'clock in the morning.

7. What sign, posted in the camp, assured prisoners that they would be put to work?
(a) "Work is freedom!"
(b) "Work is the path to happiness!"
(c) "To work is to live!"
(d) "Hard work is its own reward!"

8. What was the ultimate purpose of Birkenau?
(a) The extermination of prisoners.
(b) The production of armaments.
(c) The detention of prisoners until the end of the war.
(d) The production of clothing for the German army.

9. What did Olga pick up from the ground that helped her escape from the group of prisoners headed for the gas chamber?
(a) A trash bag.
(b) A rock.
(c) A hat.
(d) A stick.

10. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Twelve.

11. What was the duty of the blocova's secretary?
(a) To edit the roll call and reports.
(b) To deliver messages to the S.S. offices.
(c) To write and send out memos to the other prisoners.
(d) To keep the blocova's office organized.

12. What was the name of the building that became Olga's home while she was in Auschwitz?
(a) Birkenau.
(b) The Bakery.
(c) Barrack 26.
(d) Barrack 23.

13. What did the insignia on each train car indicate?
(a) The countries from which the cars originated.
(b) The number of animals that each car was designed to transport.
(c) The concentration camp to which each car was headed.
(d) The explanation for the deportation of the people inside the cars.

14. What was the "most tragic danger" for the sick in the camp?
(a) Infection.
(b) Selections.
(c) Disease.
(d) Starvation.

15. What advice did the handsome German prisoner have for Olga when she was looking for her son?
(a) "Pay one of the guards and he may tell you where to go."
(b) "Don't give up looking, no matter what others tell you."
(c) "Pretend to be German, and you might get kind treatment."
(d) "Forget him, and everyone else you knew, and just worry about yourself."

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Olga become a "rich woman" in the camp?

2. According to the German major who stayed with the Lengyel family, why did his family complain whenever he returned home?

3. What name was given to the prisoner who was chosen to oversee the service within each block?

4. How often was the water turned on in the washrooms?

5. What was the handsome, blue-eyed man doing in Olga's barrack?

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