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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 did Olga and her fellow prisoners use as a mop?
(a) The sleeves of their own dresses.
(b) The bottom portion of a dress, which had been cut off.
(c) A handful of dirty rags pulled from the garbage pile.
(d) Their socks.

2. At each roll call, how many woman were lined up in front of each barrack?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 1,400.
(d) 2000.

3. How often were the prisoners allowed to go to the latrines?
(a) Three times, once after each meal.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Four times each day.
(d) Twice each day.

4. What did Dr. Klein bring for Olga while she and the other inmates were kneeling in the mud?
(a) Samples of medicine for the infirmary.
(b) A box of surgical gloves.
(c) Information about her husband.
(d) New shoes.

5. How many people within the barracks had to share a single blanket?
(a) Seven.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

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. Where did the ambulances take the sick and injured who got off the train?

3. What happened to the Hungarian girl who was brought to the infirmary?

4. What ingredient in the bread irritated the prisoners' gums?

5. What was Miklos Lengyel's profession?

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