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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XVII through XXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Olga escape from the rope that bound her to the cart?
(a) She worked her hands loose by pulling and stretching the rope.
(b) She used a knife that she had hidden in her skirt.
(c) She rubbed the rope back and forth against the wood on the cart.
(d) She gnawed through them with her teeth.

2. How long was the Lagerstrasse?
(a) About 2 miles long.
(b) About 10,000 feet long.
(c) About 5000 long.
(d) About 1500 feet long.

3. How often was the water turned on in the washrooms?
(a) Once a day either in the morning or the evening.
(b) Once or twice a week, but only for a few minutes.
(c) They could never know for sure.
(d) Once or twice a day for an hour or two.

4. What gift did L. give to Olga and the other members of the infirmary staff?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Margarine.
(c) Wool.
(d) Spoons.

5. What standard did the Germans use to determine which children in the men's camp would be exterminated?
(a) Weight.
(b) Shoe size.
(c) Age.
(d) Height.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name was given to the barrack's "cages" into which the prisoners were divided?

2. How did Olga become a "rich woman" in the camp?

3. What were the two purposes of camp selections?

4. What advice did the handsome German prisoner have for Olga when she was looking for her son?

5. What had been Tadek's profession before the war?

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