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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 question did Olga ask of her mother and father before they left the train car?
(a) "Will you look after the children?"
(b) "Can you be strong?"
(c) "Will you pray for me?"
(d) "Can you forgive me?"

2. What did the insignia on each train car indicate?
(a) The countries from which the cars originated.
(b) The concentration camp to which each car was headed.
(c) The explanation for the deportation of the people inside the cars.
(d) The number of animals that each car was designed to transport.

3. 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) Over two hundred.
(c) Zero.
(d) Twenty.

4. What time did the infirmary begin to see patients each day?
(a) Six o'clock in the morning.
(b) Five o'clock in the morning.
(c) Four o'clock in the morning.
(d) Seven o'clock in the morning.

5. How many roll calls occurred each day?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the author and her colleagues dread taking contagious cases to the hospital?

2. To what does the author compare the S.S. women who oversaw the selections in their large black rain capes?

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

4. What did Olga hide in her boot?

5. What name was given to the internee who was chosen as barrack chief?

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