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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happened the day after Olga met her husband in the camp?
2. Why did Olga get in the line to have her hair shaved?
3. How many roll calls occurred each day?
4. What reply did most prisoners in the concentration camp give to explain their imprisonment?
5. How long had the blue-eyed man been in prison camps?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the Germans allow the prisoners to write postcards to their loved ones outside of the camps?
2. Why did Olga blame herself for the deaths of her parents and children?
3. What details about their arrival offered the passengers hope that their conditions would be better at the camp?
4. How did Olga become a "rich woman" in the camp?
5. Who was the "Lageraelteste" and why was she chosen for this position?
6. Why did Olga run from the washroom when Tadek entered?
7. Why did Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary proceed with their work even though they did not have the proper resources?
8. In what ways was Birkenau different from Auschwitz?
9. Why did the German guards intentionally assign prisoners to work for which they were unsuited?
10. How did the German soldiers react to the passengers on the train cars?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What methods did the Nazis use to control their victims at different stages of their deportation, imprisonment, and extermination? How did the reactions of the deportees and prisoners enable the Nazis to succeed in their work?
Essay Topic 2
How was the author able to maintain her positive perspective on human nature despite the horrific ordeals she had experienced and witnessed?
Essay Topic 3
The author describes the cultural makeup of the concentration camp as a "melting pot" of nationalities, languages, and social classes. How did the conditions of the camp make cultural and social distinctions irrelevant?
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