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

2. Why could Olga not get a sample of the mysterious powder that was put into the prisoners' food?
(a) She did not know anyone who worked in the kitchens.
(b) The only person allowed to go near the powder was an S.S. woman.
(c) No one knew if the powder actually existed.
(d) The kitchen worker was too afraid of being caught.

3. What room became the "apartment" for Olga and her colleagues in the infirmary?
(a) The old urinal in Barrack Number 12.
(b) The far end of the hospital wing.
(c) A lean-to behind the washrooms.
(d) A pantry in the kitchens.

4. How far was the morgue from the hospital?
(a) Forty minutes.
(b) A half-hour's walk.
(c) Over an hour's walk.
(d) Ten minutes.

5. Other than for eating, of what use were the twenty bowls issued to the prisoners in the barracks?
(a) Collecting rain water.
(b) Chamber pots.
(c) Weapons during fights.
(d) Digging latrines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the elderly man give his potatoes to Olga rather than to the woman to whom he had promised them?

2. Why did the prisoners eat the soup even though it was repulsive to them?

3. What question did Olga ask of her mother and father before they left the train car?

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

5. What was the ultimate purpose of Birkenau?

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