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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters I through IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the building that became Olga's home while she was in Auschwitz?
(a) Barrack 23.
(b) Birkenau.
(c) The Bakery.
(d) Barrack 26.

2. 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 everything would be all right as long as they stayed together.
(c) The S.S. forced them from their homes and sent them away. too.
(d) She believed the family would be better off than they were in Cluj.

3. How many days did it take for the train that was carrying Olga and her family to arrive at its destination?
(a) Four days.
(b) Seven days.
(c) Six days.
(d) Three days.

4. What advice did the handsome German prisoner have for Olga when she was looking for her son?
(a) "Forget him, and everyone else you knew, and just worry about yourself."
(b) "Don't give up looking, no matter what others tell you."
(c) "Pretend to be German, and you might get kind treatment."
(d) "Pay one of the guards and he may tell you where to go."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had the Polish woman, Irka, been in the camp?

2. What would happen to the prisoners if they tried to sneak to the latrines at night?

3. What illness afflicted the children who were lying near the door of the train car?

4. How many people were loaded into Olga's train car?

5. Why did Olga renounce her privilege to write postcards to loved ones outside of the camp?

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