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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters X through XVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Olga chosen for selection in Chapter 8?
(a) She covered her back with a piece of wool.
(b) She tried to stab the blocova.
(c) She was so sick that she couldn't get out of her bunk.
(d) She stole food from the kitchen.

3. At the beginning of the author's story, how much of Europe was under Nazi control?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) Almost half.
(c) Three-fourths.
(d) One-third.

4. Between May and the end of July of 1944, how many people were executed at Auschwitz-Birkenau?
(a) About 24,000.
(b) Over 1,300,000.
(c) 442,000.
(d) 512,000.

5. What was the original purpose of the building that became Olga's new home?
(a) A munitions plant.
(b) A stable.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A hospital.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did L. insist that Olga give out all of the news that he delivered to her?

3. At each roll call, how many woman were lined up in front of each barrack?

4. What did Olga have to give to the blocova in order to keep her escape from the gas chamber a secret?

5. Other than for eating, of what use were the twenty bowls issued to the prisoners in the barracks?

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