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

2. How many people were loaded into Olga's train car?
(a) 106.
(b) 96.
(c) 90.
(d) 110.

3. What was the original purpose of the building that became Olga's new home?
(a) A stable.
(b) A munitions plant.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A bakery.

4. According to the author, why was the male German prisoner, who saved her from the S.S., treated better than other prisoners?
(a) He was charming and handsome.
(b) He had connections in the German military.
(c) The German guards owed him favors.
(d) He was a criminal, not a political prisoner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the elderly man give his potatoes to Olga rather than to the woman to whom he had promised them?

2. How did the infirmary staff sterilize their instruments between patients?

3. Why did the Stubendiensts and the German prisoners form a circle around those who were chosen for selection?

4. According to the German major who stayed with the Lengyel family, why did his family complain whenever he returned home?

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

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