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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. Which group in the camp were allowed to receive (for a while) packages from home?
(a) The Gypsies.
(b) The Czechs.
(c) The Poles.
(d) Only Germans.

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

3. What song did Olga and the other inmates listen to on the phonograph record?
(a) "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Benny Goodman.
(b) "Whistle While You Work" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
(c) "Silent Night" by Bing Crosby.
(d) "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Fred Astaire.

4. Why did Olga go into the washrooms at lunch?
(a) She followed along with a friend.
(b) She felt dirty and wanted to try to clean herself.
(c) She wanted to find a place to be alone.
(d) She had heard that the men sometimes shared their food with women in there.

5. What did Irma Griese do to the handsome Georgian's Polish lover?
(a) She sent her to the Auschwitz brothel.
(b) She cut off all of her hair.
(c) She sent her to the gas chamber.
(d) She had her taken into the woods and shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first "tax" that was demanded of the passengers in the train car?

2. What part of "Canada" reminded Olga of all the infants that had been murdered by the Germans?

3. Why did Olga not kill Dr. Mengele when she had the chance?

4. What surprised Olga about the four men in sports clothes that she saw at the train station?

5. What brought Olga's husband satisfaction in his job at the camp?

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