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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 did Olga and her fellow prisoners use as a mop?
(a) The sleeves of their own dresses.
(b) The bottom portion of a dress, which had been cut off.
(c) Their socks.
(d) A handful of dirty rags pulled from the garbage pile.

2. At the time of the author's story, the city of Cluj was a part of what country?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Romania.
(c) Poland.
(d) Russia.

3. 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) Collecting rain water.
(d) Weapons during fights.

4. Of what was Dr. Lengyel accused when he was questioned by the S.S.?
(a) Boycotting the use of German pharmeceuticals in his clinic.
(b) Distributing anti-Nazi propaganda.
(c) Hiding Jewish families in his hospital.
(d) Providing free medical services to Gypsies.

5. Why did Olga's husband decide not to take half of her poison?
(a) She might have needed it all, and suicide might be easier for him.
(b) She begged him to leave it all for her.
(c) He decided that he would live to tell others about the cruelty he had seen.
(d) He remembered where he could find his own poison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question did Olga ask of her mother and father before they left the train car?

2. How often were the prisoners allowed to go to the latrines?

3. How many people were loaded into Olga's train car?

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

5. What was the original purpose of the building that became Olga's new home?

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