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

2. At the time of the author's story, the city of Cluj was a part of what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Romania.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Poland.

3. Why did the young girl who worked with Olga break into hysterical laughter one day when they entered the morgue?
(a) She realized that she would soon be one of those corpses piled on the floor.
(b) She saw the body of her mother, whom she had thought was safely hidden.
(c) The pressure and horror of the job had finally taken its toll on her.
(d) She saw one of the S.S. bend over and rip his pants.

4. Which group in the camp were allowed to receive (for a while) packages from home?
(a) The Poles.
(b) The Gypsies.
(c) The Czechs.
(d) Only Germans.

5. Why did the prisoners eat the soup even though it was repulsive to them?
(a) The German guards would beat them if they did not eat.
(b) They did not want to offend their captors.
(c) They knew that if they did not eat, they would die.
(d) They hoped to find one of the "surprises" in the bottom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "presents" did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, give to Olga?

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

3. How many barracks lined the Lagerstrasse?

4. How far was the morgue from the hospital?

5. What did the insignia on each train car indicate?

(see the answer key)

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