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

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

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

4. What happened the day after Olga met her husband in the camp?
(a) All of the barracks were locked down.
(b) She was assigned to work in the infirmary.
(c) Her husband was hanged for insubordination.
(d) The men were removed from the camp.

5. What advice did the handsome German prisoner have for Olga when she was looking for her son?
(a) "Pay one of the guards and he may tell you where to go."
(b) "Pretend to be German, and you might get kind treatment."
(c) "Forget him, and everyone else you knew, and just worry about yourself."
(d) "Don't give up looking, no matter what others tell you."

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

3. How many people were loaded into Olga's train car?

4. How many patients did the hospital in the infirmary hold?

5. What did Olga pick up from the ground that helped her escape from the group of prisoners headed for the gas chamber?

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