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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. According to the author, of what ingredient was the camp soap made?
(a) The rendered bodies of rats caught in the camp.
(b) The grease from the cremated bodies of prisoners.
(c) Toiletries taken from the luggage of detainees.
(d) The soup that was left at the end of each week.

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

3. How did Olga escape from the rope that bound her to the cart?
(a) She worked her hands loose by pulling and stretching the rope.
(b) She gnawed through them with her teeth.
(c) She used a knife that she had hidden in her skirt.
(d) She rubbed the rope back and forth against the wood on the cart.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. According to Olga, what did the word "organize" come to mean among the prisoners?

5. Why could Olga not get a sample of the mysterious powder that was put into the prisoners' food?

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