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

2. What happened the day after Olga met her husband in the camp?
(a) All of the barracks were locked down.
(b) The men were removed from the camp.
(c) Her husband was hanged for insubordination.
(d) She was assigned to work in the infirmary.

3. What ingredient in the bread irritated the prisoners' gums?
(a) Peanuts.
(b) Sawdust.
(c) Gravel.
(d) Oats.

4. What question did Olga ask of her mother and father before they left the train car?
(a) "Can you forgive me?"
(b) "Will you look after the children?"
(c) "Can you be strong?"
(d) "Will you pray for me?"

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were usually taken from each barrack during a selection?

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

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

4. What song did Olga and the other inmates listen to on the phonograph record?

5. To what does the author compare the S.S. women who oversaw the selections in their large black rain capes?

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