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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V through IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Olga become a "rich woman" in the camp?
(a) She was given her own blanket, which she shared with her bedmates.
(b) She found friends who comforted her.
(c) She made a toothbrush, a handkerchief, and a wooden knife.
(d) She was given extra food by one of the guards.

2. What was the only restriction upon the Lageraelteste?
(a) She was not allowed to speak to the other prisoners.
(b) She was not permitted to leave the camp.
(c) She was not allowed to keep a servant.
(d) She had no restrictions.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the occupation of the "Lageraelteste" in her life outside of the camp?

2. What did the green triangle on a prisoner's uniform indicate?

3. How long had the Polish woman, Irka, been in the camp?

4. How many prisoners were assigned to carry the 150-pound kettle for each meal?

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

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