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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. What metaphor did the author use to describe the train cars at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Cattle barns.
(b) Hell.
(c) Hospital wards.
(d) Coffins.

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

3. Why did Olga get in the line to have her hair shaved?
(a) She was worried about the threat of lice.
(b) She saw the head-shaving as an expression of mourning.
(c) She preferred to undergo the same treatment as her peers.
(d) She was ordered into the line by a guard.

4. What name was given to the prisoner who was chosen to oversee the service within each block?
(a) Koia.
(b) Stubendienst.
(c) Lagerkap.
(d) Blocova.

5. What was the original purpose of the building that became Olga's new home?
(a) A munitions plant.
(b) A bakery.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A stable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ingredient in the bread irritated the prisoners' gums?

2. What response did the old inmate give Olga when she asked about the red brick building with the chimney?

3. What illness afflicted the children who were lying near the door of the train car?

4. What did Olga assume when she saw the pitiful women in the cages?

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

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