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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. What was the only restriction upon the Lageraelteste?
(a) She was not permitted to leave the camp.
(b) She was not allowed to keep a servant.
(c) She was not allowed to speak to the other prisoners.
(d) She had no restrictions.

2. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?
(a) Two days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Four days.
(d) A week.

3. Why was Olga uneasy when the French internee came to the infirmary on August 26, 1944?
(a) His wounds were too severe for her to help him.
(b) He seemed too happy, and she was afraid that he had gone mad.
(c) She did not trust him.
(d) Men were not supposed to come into the women's infirmary.

4. What name was given to the internee who was chosen as barrack chief?
(a) Kommando.
(b) Stubendienst.
(c) Blocova.
(d) Koia.

5. What did Olga and her friend trade for a bit of plazki?
(a) Bread and margarine.
(b) Two aspirin tablets.
(c) A piece of wool.
(d) A hairbrush.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice did the handsome German prisoner have for Olga when she was looking for her son?

2. Why could Olga not get a sample of the mysterious powder that was put into the prisoners' food?

3. What did the young Czech boy trade in order to have one night with his lover from the other side of the fence?

4. What was the "most tragic danger" for the sick in the camp?

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

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