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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. Why did the people who were still alive lie on top of one another during their last night on the train car?
(a) Because there was not enough room in the car for everyone to lie down.
(b) Because no one wanted to be near the door when it was opened.
(c) To try to stay warm during the cold night.
(d) To avoid coming into contact with the decaying corpses.

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

3. Where did the ambulances take the sick and injured who got off the train?
(a) To another train that returned them to their country.
(b) To the gas chambers.
(c) To the camp barracks.
(d) To the infirmary.

4. What was the "most tragic danger" for the sick in the camp?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Selections.
(c) Infection.
(d) Disease.

5. What was the handsome, blue-eyed man doing in Olga's barrack?
(a) He was a doctor on his rounds.
(b) He was repairing the bunks.
(c) He was hiding from the camp police.
(d) He had sneaked in to see one of the women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Stubendiensts surround the prisoners who were chosen for selection?

2. Why did Olga get in the line to have her hair shaved?

3. What reply did most prisoners in the concentration camp give to explain their imprisonment?

4. How many roll calls occurred each day?

5. How often was the water turned on in the washrooms?

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