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

2. How many internees were in Olga's camp?
(a) Around one hundred thousand.
(b) About ten thousand.
(c) Thirty to forty thousand.
(d) Over two hundred thousand.

3. What was the "most tragic danger" for the sick in the camp?
(a) Disease.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Infection.
(d) Selections.

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

5. What would happen to the prisoners if they tried to sneak to the latrines at night?
(a) They would be beaten by the blocova.
(b) They would be shot by the S.S.
(c) They would not be allowed back into the barracks.
(d) They would be attacked by fellow prisoners.

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 was the ultimate purpose of Birkenau?

3. Why did the elderly man not eat the potatoes in his soup?

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

5. Why did Olga's husband decide not to take half of her poison?

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