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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 regulation governed the tattooing of prisoners?
(a) The tattoo numbers determined the order in which prisoners were executed.
(b) There were no fixed regulations.
(c) All prisoners were tattooed, regardless of their status.
(d) Only prisoners who received special treatment were tattooed.

2. What response did the old inmate give Olga when she asked about the red brick building with the chimney?
(a) He said it was an ammunition factory.
(b) He told her that she did not want to know the truth.
(c) He said it was the camp bakery.
(d) He smiled and told her that she would find out soon enough.

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

4. What surprised Olga about the four men in sports clothes that she saw at the train station?
(a) They seemed to know the German officer who was in charge.
(b) She knew them from Cluj.
(c) They all looked exactly alike.
(d) They were speaking English.

5. Why did Olga renounce her privilege to write postcards to loved ones outside of the camp?
(a) She became suspicious when they were told to date them from another city.
(b) She had no one left to whom she could write.
(c) She refused to take any perceived "kindness" from her captors.
(d) She did not know what she could say to anyone about her situation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many women eventually ended up sharing the "apartment" in Barrack 13?

2. Why did Joseph Kramer arrange an unexpected concert for the prisoners in Auschwitz?

3. What name was given to the prisoner who was chosen to oversee the service within each block?

4. What did Olga and her bunk mates have for a "farewell supper" when she left Block 26 to go to Block 13?

5. Why did the prisoners eat the soup even though it was repulsive to them?

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