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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V through IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Olga's husband decide not to take half of her poison?
(a) He remembered where he could find his own poison.
(b) She begged him to leave it all for her.
(c) He decided that he would live to tell others about the cruelty he had seen.
(d) She might have needed it all, and suicide might be easier for him.

2. According to the author, how many serious infections were dealt with in the infirmary as a result of poor sterilization procedures?
(a) Zero.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Too many to count.
(d) Over two hundred.

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

4. After they disembarked from the train, who was immediately sent to the left?
(a) Healthy, able-bodied people.
(b) Children and old people.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

5. What illness afflicted the children who were lying near the door of the train car?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Small pox.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, why was the male German prisoner, who saved her from the S.S., treated better than other prisoners?

2. According to the German major who stayed with the Lengyel family, why did his family complain whenever he returned home?

3. What were the two purposes of camp selections?

4. What was the difference between the coffee that the prisoners were served and the tea that they were given?

5. Why did the elderly man not eat the potatoes in his soup?

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