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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. How many women worked in the kitchen staff?
(a) About forty.
(b) About three hundred.
(c) Almost one hundred.
(d) About four hundred.

2. What question did Olga ask of her mother and father before they left the train car?
(a) "Can you be strong?"
(b) "Will you look after the children?"
(c) "Can you forgive me?"
(d) "Will you pray for me?"

3. How many people within the barracks had to share a single blanket?
(a) Ten.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Fifteen.

4. Through the underground, Olga discovered that her husband was working where?
(a) In the crematory.
(b) In "Canada."
(c) In the camp at Buna.
(d) In the hospital at Belsen.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor did the author use to describe the train cars at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

3. What kind of music did Dr. Mengele prefer?

4. What happened the day after Olga met her husband in the camp?

5. What name was given to the internee who was chosen as barrack chief?

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