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

2. What was the difference between the coffee that the prisoners were served and the tea that they were given?
(a) There was no real difference.
(b) The coffee gave off a much more foul odor.
(c) The coffee was a darker color than the tea.
(d) Coffee was only given to the higher-ranking prisoners.

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

4. What was the first "tax" that was demanded of the passengers in the train car?
(a) All of their jewels.
(b) Thirty wristwatches.
(c) Twenty stocking hats and pairs of gloves.
(d) Twenty fountain pens.

5. What did Olga hide in her boot?
(a) A poison capsule.
(b) A knife.
(c) A picture of her family.
(d) A piece of bread.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long had the Polish woman, Irka, been in the camp?

4. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?

5. What name was given to the internee who was chosen as barrack chief?

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