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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XVII through XXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which prisoners were most often chosen to clean the latrines?
(a) The Jews, preferably the rabbis.
(b) The Gypsies.
(c) Anyone with dark hair and dark eyes.
(d) Intellectuals like doctors or teachers.

2. What about the blue-eyed man caught Olga's attention?
(a) He had a scar on his face.
(b) He was missing one ear.
(c) His head had been shaved.
(d) He was smiling.

3. Why were pregnancies sometimes hard to catch in the initial selection at the station?
(a) They were difficult to miss because there were so many people at the station.
(b) Many women wore several layers of clothing, hoping to be able to keep them all.
(c) The German officers did not always pay close attention to details.
(d) Out of fear, many women tried to hide their pregnancies.

4. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive blankets?
(a) Two months.
(b) One week.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) One month.

5. What did Olga and her bunk mates have for a "farewell supper" when she left Block 26 to go to Block 13?
(a) Potatoes stolen from the kitchen.
(b) Toothpaste spread on bread.
(c) They shared an apple.
(d) Margarine and stale bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the elderly man give his potatoes to Olga rather than to the woman to whom he had promised them?

2. What did Olga have to give to the blocova in order to keep her escape from the gas chamber a secret?

3. According to Olga, what did the word "organize" come to mean among the prisoners?

4. What were the prisoners who worked outside of the camp forced to do as they marched into and out of camp?

5. Through the underground, Olga discovered that her husband was working where?

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