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

2. What sign, posted in the camp, assured prisoners that they would be put to work?
(a) "Work is the path to happiness!"
(b) "Hard work is its own reward!"
(c) "Work is freedom!"
(d) "To work is to live!"

3. Where did the ambulances take the sick and injured who got off the train?
(a) To the infirmary.
(b) To another train that returned them to their country.
(c) To the gas chambers.
(d) To the camp barracks.

4. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive blankets?
(a) Two months.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How many people within the barracks had to share a single blanket?

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

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