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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 happened to the prisoners who drank stagnant water from the puddles?
(a) They were beaten by their fellow prisoners.
(b) They were attacked by the German dogs.
(c) They died.
(d) They were beaten by the kapos.

2. What did Olga assume when she saw the pitiful women in the cages?
(a) This was a dream.
(b) They were isolated because they were insane.
(c) They must be under quarantine.
(d) This was her own future.

3. How did the infirmary staff sterilize their instruments between patients?
(a) They held the instruments into a fire pit to destroy the germs.
(b) They washed them with soap and water after each patient.
(c) They did not sterilize their instruments because they had nothing to sterilize them with.
(d) They soaked the instruments in grain alcohol between patients.

4. What did the green triangle on a prisoner's uniform indicate?
(a) The prisoner had been selected for the gas chamber.
(b) The prisoner worked in the infirmary.
(c) The prisoner was of German origin.
(d) The prisoner was guilty of murder.

5. How was Dr. Klein different from the other S.S.?
(a) He did not yell and he had nice manners.
(b) He sympathized with the prisoners and gave them news about the war.
(c) He had dark hair and dark eyes.
(d) He took the time to get to know each one of his patients.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Olga and her fellow prisoners use as a mop?

3. What was the handsome, blue-eyed man doing in Olga's barrack?

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

5. How often was the water turned on in the washrooms?

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