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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 long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?
(a) Two days.
(b) Three days.
(c) A week.
(d) Four days.

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

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

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

5. What did the green triangle on a prisoner's uniform indicate?
(a) The prisoner was of German origin.
(b) The prisoner was guilty of murder.
(c) The prisoner worked in the infirmary.
(d) The prisoner had been selected for the gas chamber.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ultimate purpose of Birkenau?

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

3. At the beginning of the author's story, how much of Europe was under Nazi control?

4. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive blankets?

5. Other than for eating, of what use were the twenty bowls issued to the prisoners in the barracks?

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