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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters X through XVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the irony in Dr. Lengyel's success in saving Olly's life?
(a) Olly was taken to the gas chamber and murdered the very next day.
(b) Dr. Lengyel was punished for performing medicine on the train.
(c) Olly later hung herself in the camp.
(d) Olly's family was angry with Dr. Lengyel for interfering.

2. Why did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, stop bringing gifts for Olga?
(a) She chose another man over him.
(b) He found someone that he liked better.
(c) She rejected his sexual advances.
(d) He did not think that she was attractive.

3. What "rumor" did the woman in Olga's barrack share with Dr. Klein?
(a) The S.S. were poisoning the food that was served to the prisoners.
(b) Men and women met at lunch time in the washroom.
(c) Some people said that the sick were sent to the gas chamber.
(d) Russian troops were headed in the direction of the camp.

4. How often was the water turned on in the washrooms?
(a) Once a day either in the morning or the evening.
(b) They could never know for sure.
(c) Once or twice a week, but only for a few minutes.
(d) Once or twice a day for an hour or two.

5. What was the handsome, blue-eyed man doing in Olga's barrack?
(a) He had sneaked in to see one of the women.
(b) He was hiding from the camp police.
(c) He was a doctor on his rounds.
(d) He was repairing the bunks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group in the camp were allowed to receive (for a while) packages from home?

2. What did L. say that he and Olga must both do after the war?

3. From where did the blue-eyed man come?

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

5. To what does the author compare the S.S. women who oversaw the selections in their large black rain capes?

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