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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 "presents" did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, give to Olga?
(a) Bits of twine in order to make herself a belt.
(b) A spoon and a tin cup.
(c) A wooden knife and a handkerchief.
(d) A potato and a shawl.

2. Which prisoners were most often chosen to clean the latrines?
(a) Intellectuals like doctors or teachers.
(b) Anyone with dark hair and dark eyes.
(c) The Jews, preferably the rabbis.
(d) The Gypsies.

3. From where did the blue-eyed man come?
(a) Paris.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Poland.
(d) London.

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

5. Why did Olga's husband decide not to take half of her poison?
(a) He decided that he would live to tell others about the cruelty he had seen.
(b) He remembered where he could find his own poison.
(c) She begged him to leave it all for her.
(d) She might have needed it all, and suicide might be easier for him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the only restriction upon the Lageraelteste?

3. Why did Olga and her family join her husband when he was deported?

4. How many women worked in the kitchen staff?

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

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