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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. Why did the people who were still alive lie on top of one another during their last night on the train car?
(a) To avoid coming into contact with the decaying corpses.
(b) Because no one wanted to be near the door when it was opened.
(c) To try to stay warm during the cold night.
(d) Because there was not enough room in the car for everyone to lie down.

2. What advice did the handsome German prisoner have for Olga when she was looking for her son?
(a) "Don't give up looking, no matter what others tell you."
(b) "Pretend to be German, and you might get kind treatment."
(c) "Forget him, and everyone else you knew, and just worry about yourself."
(d) "Pay one of the guards and he may tell you where to go."

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

4. What illness afflicted the children who were lying near the door of the train car?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Small pox.
(d) Influenza.

5. Why did the prisoners eat the soup even though it was repulsive to them?
(a) The German guards would beat them if they did not eat.
(b) They knew that if they did not eat, they would die.
(c) They hoped to find one of the "surprises" in the bottom.
(d) They did not want to offend their captors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the insignia on each train car indicate?

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

3. How many days did it take for the train that was carrying Olga and her family to arrive at its destination?

4. What was Miklos Lengyel's profession?

5. What was the difference between the coffee that the prisoners were served and the tea that they were given?

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