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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 Olga and her fellow prisoners use as a mop?
(a) A handful of dirty rags pulled from the garbage pile.
(b) The sleeves of their own dresses.
(c) Their socks.
(d) The bottom portion of a dress, which had been cut off.

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

3. At the time of the author's story, the city of Cluj was a part of what country?
(a) Romania.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Russia.
(d) Poland.

4. What metaphor did the author use to describe the train cars at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Cattle barns.
(b) Hell.
(c) Hospital wards.
(d) Coffins.

5. 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) The coffee gave off a much more foul odor.
(c) There was no real difference.
(d) Coffee was only given to the higher-ranking prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened the day after Olga met her husband in the camp?

3. What name was given to the barrack's "cages" into which the prisoners were divided?

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

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

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