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

2. Why did Olga renounce her privilege to write postcards to loved ones outside of the camp?
(a) She refused to take any perceived "kindness" from her captors.
(b) She had no one left to whom she could write.
(c) She did not know what she could say to anyone about her situation.
(d) She became suspicious when they were told to date them from another city.

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

4. What ingredient in the bread irritated the prisoners' gums?
(a) Gravel.
(b) Sawdust.
(c) Oats.
(d) Peanuts.

5. After they disembarked from the train, who was immediately sent to the left?
(a) Children and old people.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Healthy, able-bodied people.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the author's story, how much of Europe was under Nazi control?

2. What advice did the handsome German prisoner have for Olga when she was looking for her son?

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

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

5. Why did Olga's husband decide not to take half of her poison?

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