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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?
(a) A week.
(b) Two days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Three days.

2. Why did Madga, at first, refuse to attempt escape?
(a) She was too frightened to move out of the circle.
(b) She did not want to leave her mother, who was also in the circle.
(c) She did not believe in the crematory and thought they would go somewhere better.
(d) She was tired of living and had resigned herself to death.

3. What was wrong with the young Greek girl who was brought into the infirmary from a neighboring barrack?
(a) She was anemic.
(b) She was mentally ill.
(c) She had pneumonia.
(d) She had dysentery.

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

5. Why did Dr. Klein, the chief S.S. doctor of the camp, rebuke Olga when she asked to be allowed to give medical aid to her fellow prisoners?
(a) Prisoners were forbidden to speak directly to an S.S. doctor without authorization.
(b) She spoke to him in a disrespectful manner, and he was offended.
(c) He did not believe that a prisoner had the necessary medical experience or knowledge.
(d) He believed that they were being adequately cared for.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ingredient in the bread irritated the prisoners' gums?

2. Why was Olga chosen for selection in Chapter 8?

3. How did the children in the camp speak about the goings-on of the camp?

4. How many prisoners were assigned to carry the 150-pound kettle for each meal?

5. What time did the infirmary begin to see patients each day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the Zahlappel different from a regular selection?

2. Why did Olga relate the sensation of thirst to her memories of the concentration camp?

3. What did the barrack chief, Irka, explain after Olga suggested that she had hope for survival?

4. Why did Olga blame herself for the deaths of her parents and children?

5. How did Olga's life in the infirmary compare to the life she was previously leading in the camp?

6. In what ways was Birkenau different from Auschwitz?

7. What dilemma did Olga face whenever her companions argued about the existence of the crematories?

8. What made the roll calls at the camp so difficult to endure?

9. How were the people on the train cars affected by the trip and the inhumane conditions?

10. How did the Germans attempt to create animosity among the prisoners?

(see the answer keys)

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