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

2. How many people within the barracks had to share a single blanket?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

3. What was the name of the building that became Olga's home while she was in Auschwitz?
(a) Barrack 26.
(b) The Bakery.
(c) Birkenau.
(d) Barrack 23.

4. Why did Olga rip her own blouse and dress?
(a) She knew that the shreds would be useful later.
(b) She did not want the Germans to be able to use them.
(c) She was trying to create a distraction for another woman.
(d) She tried to pull the clothing out of a guard's hands.

5. What was the ultimate purpose of Birkenau?
(a) The production of armaments.
(b) The extermination of prisoners.
(c) The detention of prisoners until the end of the war.
(d) The production of clothing for the German army.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What metaphor did the author use to describe the train cars at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

5. What did Olga hide in her boot?

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