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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V through IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the occupation of the "Lageraelteste" in her life outside of the camp?
(a) She had been a police officer.
(b) She had been a baker.
(c) She had been a kindergarten teacher.
(d) She had been a nurse.

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

3. Why did Olga and her family join her husband when he was deported?
(a) She did not want him to suffer the terrors of the camps alone.
(b) She believed the family would be better off than they were in Cluj.
(c) She believed everything would be all right as long as they stayed together.
(d) The S.S. forced them from their homes and sent them away. too.

4. According to the author, how many serious infections were dealt with in the infirmary as a result of poor sterilization procedures?
(a) Zero.
(b) Too many to count.
(c) Over two hundred.
(d) Twenty.

5. Which prisoners were most often chosen to clean the latrines?
(a) The Jews, preferably the rabbis.
(b) The Gypsies.
(c) Anyone with dark hair and dark eyes.
(d) Intellectuals like doctors or teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Miklos Lengyel's profession?

2. How long had the blue-eyed man been in prison camps?

3. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?

4. What did the green triangle on a prisoner's uniform indicate?

5. Why did the prisoners eat the soup even though it was repulsive to them?

(see the answer key)

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