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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 happened when a woman gave birth in the concentration camp?
(a) The baby was removed and sent to a German orphanage.
(b) Both the mother and the child were sent to the gas chamber.
(c) The baby was sent to the gas chamber and the mother was relocated.
(d) The mother and child were sent to a special maternity camp.

2. What was the irony in Dr. Lengyel's success in saving Olly's life?
(a) Dr. Lengyel was punished for performing medicine on the train.
(b) Olly's family was angry with Dr. Lengyel for interfering.
(c) Olly was taken to the gas chamber and murdered the very next day.
(d) Olly later hung herself in the camp.

3. What did Olga assume when she saw the pitiful women in the cages?
(a) This was a dream.
(b) They were isolated because they were insane.
(c) This was her own future.
(d) They must be under quarantine.

4. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Five.

5. What was the original purpose of the building that became Olga's new home?
(a) A stable.
(b) A bakery.
(c) A munitions plant.
(d) A hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?

2. What/who disappeared from the camp in November of 1944?

3. What was the name of the building that became Olga's home while she was in Auschwitz?

4. Why did the people who were still alive lie on top of one another during their last night on the train car?

5. What name was given to the barrack's "cages" into which the prisoners were divided?

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