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

2. Why did the Germans wait several minutes before they turned on the gas in the gas chambers?
(a) They wanted the prisoners to panic before they died.
(b) They let the temperature rise a few degrees to help the gas work better.
(c) They waited to be sure that no more prisoners could fit into the room.
(d) They had to wait for the proper official to arrive and give the order.

3. According to the author, why was the male German prisoner, who saved her from the S.S., treated better than other prisoners?
(a) He was a criminal, not a political prisoner.
(b) The German guards owed him favors.
(c) He was charming and handsome.
(d) He had connections in the German military.

4. Why did L. come to the infirmary so often?
(a) He was looking for someone to give him some food.
(b) He was trying to avoid the work he had been assigned to do.
(c) He had a bad wound on his foot.
(d) He was lonely for company.

5. What disease did Tadek's new girlfriend eventually contract?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Dysentery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many roll calls occurred each day?

3. Why did Olga get in the line to have her hair shaved?

4. What name was given to the prisoner who was chosen to oversee the service within each block?

5. What did Olga and her fellow prisoners use as a mop?

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