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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 languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nine.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what was Dr. Lengyel accused when he was questioned by the S.S.?

2. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?

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

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

5. According to the German major who stayed with the Lengyel family, why did his family complain whenever he returned home?

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