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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XVII through XXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reply did most prisoners in the concentration camp give to explain their imprisonment?
(a) They fought in the resistance.
(b) They were Jewish.
(c) They were Polish.
(d) They did not know why they were there.

2. What part of "Canada" reminded Olga of all the infants that had been murdered by the Germans?
(a) The boxes of baby shoes.
(b) A pile of family photos.
(c) A row of baby carriages.
(d) A collection of baby bottles.

3. At the time of the author's story, the city of Cluj was a part of what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Romania.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Poland.

4. After the liberation of Auschwitz, what did the Moscow professor discover in his autopsies of female internees?
(a) Forty percent had been surgically sterilized.
(b) Nine out of every ten had a withering of the ovaries.
(c) Sixty percent had arsenic poisoning.
(d) Three out of every five died from malnutrition.

5. What sign did Olga wear to indicate her participation in the resistance?
(a) A piece of twine around her wrist.
(b) A pink hair ribbon.
(c) A silk string around her throat.
(d) A black armband.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did the ambulances take the sick and injured who got off the train?

4. What would happen to the prisoners if they tried to sneak to the latrines at night?

5. What were the prisoners who worked outside of the camp forced to do as they marched into and out of camp?

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