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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters I through IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days did it take for the train that was carrying Olga and her family to arrive at its destination?
(a) Four days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Six days.
(d) Seven days.

2. According to the author, why was the male German prisoner, who saved her from the S.S., treated better than other prisoners?
(a) The German guards owed him favors.
(b) He had connections in the German military.
(c) He was a criminal, not a political prisoner.
(d) He was charming and handsome.

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

4. What name was given to the barrack's "cages" into which the prisoners were divided?
(a) Koias.
(b) Arbeit.
(c) Kommandos.
(d) Blocova.

5. Other than for eating, of what use were the twenty bowls issued to the prisoners in the barracks?
(a) Digging latrines.
(b) Chamber pots.
(c) Weapons during fights.
(d) Collecting rain water.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time of the author's story, the city of Cluj was a part of what country?

2. What would happen to the prisoners if they tried to sneak to the latrines at night?

3. How many people within the barracks had to share a single blanket?

4. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?

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

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