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

2. What name was given to the internee who was chosen as barrack chief?
(a) Blocova.
(b) Stubendienst.
(c) Kommando.
(d) Koia.

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

4. What was Miklos Lengyel's profession?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Linguistics professor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) City adiministrator.

5. According to the German major who stayed with the Lengyel family, why did his family complain whenever he returned home?
(a) He did not make enough money to keep his children fed and clothed.
(b) They disagreed with the way that the Germans were treating prisoners.
(c) He was away from home so much and they missed him.
(d) He did not send back as much loot as the other officers sent to their families.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Olga renounce her privilege to write postcards to loved ones outside of the camp?

2. Why did Olga get in the line to have her hair shaved?

3. What would happen to the prisoners if they tried to sneak to the latrines at night?

4. Why did Olga and her family join her husband when he was deported?

5. What ingredient in the bread irritated the prisoners' gums?

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