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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 decided that he would live to tell others about the cruelty he had seen.
(b) He remembered where he could find his own poison.
(c) She might have needed it all, and suicide might be easier for him.
(d) She begged him to leave it all for her.

2. What response did the old inmate give Olga when she asked about the red brick building with the chimney?
(a) He smiled and told her that she would find out soon enough.
(b) He said it was the camp bakery.
(c) He said it was an ammunition factory.
(d) He told her that she did not want to know the truth.

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

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

5. How many people were loaded into Olga's train car?
(a) 96.
(b) 106.
(c) 90.
(d) 110.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the building that became Olga's home while she was in Auschwitz?

2. After they disembarked from the train, who was immediately sent to the left?

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

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