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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 difference between the coffee that the prisoners were served and the tea that they were given?
(a) The coffee gave off a much more foul odor.
(b) The coffee was a darker color than the tea.
(c) Coffee was only given to the higher-ranking prisoners.
(d) There was no real difference.

2. How long was the Lagerstrasse?
(a) About 5000 long.
(b) About 2 miles long.
(c) About 1500 feet long.
(d) About 10,000 feet long.

3. What was the name of the building that became Olga's home while she was in Auschwitz?
(a) Barrack 23.
(b) The Bakery.
(c) Birkenau.
(d) Barrack 26.

4. Why did Dr. Klein, the chief S.S. doctor of the camp, rebuke Olga when she asked to be allowed to give medical aid to her fellow prisoners?
(a) He believed that they were being adequately cared for.
(b) Prisoners were forbidden to speak directly to an S.S. doctor without authorization.
(c) She spoke to him in a disrespectful manner, and he was offended.
(d) He did not believe that a prisoner had the necessary medical experience or knowledge.

5. What was the irony in Dr. Lengyel's success in saving Olly's life?
(a) Olly was taken to the gas chamber and murdered the very next day.
(b) Olly's family was angry with Dr. Lengyel for interfering.
(c) Dr. Lengyel was punished for performing medicine on the train.
(d) Olly later hung herself in the camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the blue-eyed man caught Olga's attention?

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

3. What name was given to the prisoner who was chosen to oversee the service within each block?

4. What "rumor" did the woman in Olga's barrack share with Dr. Klein?

5. Where did the ambulances take the sick and injured who got off the train?

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