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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. How many women from the infirmary had the task of carrying corpses from the hospital to the morgue?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

2. After they disembarked from the train, who was immediately sent to the left?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Children and old people.
(d) Healthy, able-bodied people.

3. How many prisoners were assigned to carry the 150-pound kettle for each meal?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. Why did Madga, at first, refuse to attempt escape?
(a) She did not want to leave her mother, who was also in the circle.
(b) She was tired of living and had resigned herself to death.
(c) She did not believe in the crematory and thought they would go somewhere better.
(d) She was too frightened to move out of the circle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long had the Polish woman, Irka, been in the camp?

3. What did L. say that he and Olga must both do after the war?

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

5. Why did the Stubendiensts surround the prisoners who were chosen for selection?

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