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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 name of the building that became Olga's home while she was in Auschwitz?
(a) Barrack 26.
(b) Barrack 23.
(c) Birkenau.
(d) The Bakery.

2. What "presents" did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, give to Olga?
(a) A wooden knife and a handkerchief.
(b) A potato and a shawl.
(c) A spoon and a tin cup.
(d) Bits of twine in order to make herself a belt.

3. At the beginning of the author's story, how much of Europe was under Nazi control?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) Almost half.
(c) Three-fourths.
(d) One-third.

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

5. From where did the blue-eyed man come?
(a) London.
(b) Poland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the elderly man not eat the potatoes in his soup?

2. According to the German major who stayed with the Lengyel family, why did his family complain whenever he returned home?

3. What were the two purposes of camp selections?

4. What did Dr. Klein bring for Olga while she and the other inmates were kneeling in the mud?

5. What was the irony in Dr. Lengyel's success in saving Olly's life?

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