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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 was the duty of the blocova's secretary?
(a) To keep the blocova's office organized.
(b) To write and send out memos to the other prisoners.
(c) To deliver messages to the S.S. offices.
(d) To edit the roll call and reports.

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

3. What metaphor did the author use to describe the train cars at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Cattle barns.
(b) Coffins.
(c) Hell.
(d) Hospital wards.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, despite his handsome appearance, what characteristic of Dr. Mengele's made a person uneasy?

2. What time did the infirmary begin to see patients each day?

3. According to the German major who stayed with the Lengyel family, why did his family complain whenever he returned home?

4. How many prisoners were assigned to carry the 150-pound kettle for each meal?

5. What was the name of the building that became Olga's home while she was in Auschwitz?

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