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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. According to the German major who stayed with the Lengyel family, why did his family complain whenever he returned home?
(a) He did not send back as much loot as the other officers sent to their families.
(b) They disagreed with the way that the Germans were treating prisoners.
(c) He did not make enough money to keep his children fed and clothed.
(d) He was away from home so much and they missed him.

2. Why did the author and her colleagues dread taking contagious cases to the hospital?
(a) Contagious cases were left for dead and sent to the gas chamber.
(b) They were afraid that they themselves would catch the diseases.
(c) The nurses and doctors did not have the needed materials to treat them.
(d) They were afraid to infect other patients within the hospital.

3. What "rumor" did the woman in Olga's barrack share with Dr. Klein?
(a) The S.S. were poisoning the food that was served to the prisoners.
(b) Some people said that the sick were sent to the gas chamber.
(c) Russian troops were headed in the direction of the camp.
(d) Men and women met at lunch time in the washroom.

4. What did the insignia on each train car indicate?
(a) The explanation for the deportation of the people inside the cars.
(b) The number of animals that each car was designed to transport.
(c) The countries from which the cars originated.
(d) The concentration camp to which each car was headed.

5. How many women were saved from death on the day that Dr. Klein sent them out of the washroom?
(a) Thirty-one.
(b) Forty-two.
(c) Seventy-six.
(d) Fifty-four.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many patients did the hospital in the infirmary hold?

2. Why did the young girl who worked with Olga break into hysterical laughter one day when they entered the morgue?

3. Why did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, stop bringing gifts for Olga?

4. Why did Olga and her family join her husband when he was deported?

5. According to the author, how many serious infections were dealt with in the infirmary as a result of poor sterilization procedures?

(see the answer key)

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