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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. How many prisoners were assigned to carry the 150-pound kettle for each meal?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

2. How did Olga become a "rich woman" in the camp?
(a) She was given extra food by one of the guards.
(b) She found friends who comforted her.
(c) She was given her own blanket, which she shared with her bedmates.
(d) She made a toothbrush, a handkerchief, and a wooden knife.

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

4. What was wrong with the young Greek girl who was brought into the infirmary from a neighboring barrack?
(a) She had dysentery.
(b) She had pneumonia.
(c) She was anemic.
(d) She was mentally ill.

5. What name was given to the barrack's "cages" into which the prisoners were divided?
(a) Blocova.
(b) Kommandos.
(c) Koias.
(d) Arbeit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did the infirmary begin to see patients each day?

2. According to the author, why was the male German prisoner, who saved her from the S.S., treated better than other prisoners?

3. At the time of the author's story, the city of Cluj was a part of what country?

4. What metaphor did the author use to describe the train cars at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

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