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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. Why did L. come to the infirmary so often?
(a) He was lonely for company.
(b) He was looking for someone to give him some food.
(c) He had a bad wound on his foot.
(d) He was trying to avoid the work he had been assigned to do.

2. What name was given to the internee who was chosen as barrack chief?
(a) Koia.
(b) Kommando.
(c) Stubendienst.
(d) Blocova.

3. What did the green triangle on a prisoner's uniform indicate?
(a) The prisoner was of German origin.
(b) The prisoner worked in the infirmary.
(c) The prisoner was guilty of murder.
(d) The prisoner had been selected for the gas chamber.

4. What was the irony in Dr. Lengyel's success in saving Olly's life?
(a) Olly later hung herself in the camp.
(b) Olly's family was angry with Dr. Lengyel for interfering.
(c) Dr. Lengyel was punished for performing medicine on the train.
(d) Olly was taken to the gas chamber and murdered the very next day.

5. Where did Olga and the other women get bread for their journey?
(a) People from the men's camp gave them some before they left.
(b) It was distributed to each inmate for the journey.
(c) They had been saving it for an emergency.
(d) They smashed in the warehouse door and took the bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the duty of the blocova's secretary?

2. How many days did it take for the train that was carrying Olga and her family to arrive at its destination?

3. Aside from the gas chamber, what other means of extermination did the Nazis use?

4. What did L. say that he and Olga must both do after the war?

5. At the time of the author's story, the city of Cluj was a part of what country?

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