Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Olga Lengyel
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Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ingredient in the bread irritated the prisoners' gums?
(a) Peanuts.
(b) Oats.
(c) Sawdust.
(d) Gravel.

2. After they disembarked from the train, who was immediately sent to the left?
(a) Men.
(b) Healthy, able-bodied people.
(c) Children and old people.
(d) Women.

3. What name was given to the prisoner who was chosen to oversee the service within each block?
(a) Blocova.
(b) Koia.
(c) Stubendienst.
(d) Lagerkap.

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

5. How long had the blue-eyed man been in prison camps?
(a) Six years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Two years.

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

7. How many women worked in the kitchen staff?
(a) About forty.
(b) About four hundred.
(c) Almost one hundred.
(d) About three hundred.

8. How many internees were in Olga's camp?
(a) Thirty to forty thousand.
(b) Over two hundred thousand.
(c) Around one hundred thousand.
(d) About ten thousand.

9. Which of Olga's friends was also chosen for selection at the same time?
(a) Eva.
(b) Irka.
(c) Lilli.
(d) Magda.

10. What was the first "tax" that was demanded of the passengers in the train car?
(a) Twenty stocking hats and pairs of gloves.
(b) All of their jewels.
(c) Thirty wristwatches.
(d) Twenty fountain pens.

11. What question did Olga ask of her mother and father before they left the train car?
(a) "Will you look after the children?"
(b) "Can you be strong?"
(c) "Can you forgive me?"
(d) "Will you pray for me?"

12. Why did the prisoners eat the soup even though it was repulsive to them?
(a) They hoped to find one of the "surprises" in the bottom.
(b) The German guards would beat them if they did not eat.
(c) They did not want to offend their captors.
(d) They knew that if they did not eat, they would die.

13. What did Olga and her fellow prisoners use as a mop?
(a) A handful of dirty rags pulled from the garbage pile.
(b) Their socks.
(c) The bottom portion of a dress, which had been cut off.
(d) The sleeves of their own dresses.

14. At the time of the author's story, the city of Cluj was a part of what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Romania.
(d) Hungary.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Aside from the gas chamber, what other means of extermination did the Nazis use?

3. What was the only restriction upon the Lageraelteste?

4. Why did Olga rip her own blouse and dress?

5. Why did Olga's husband decide not to take half of her poison?

(see the answer keys)

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