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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters X through XVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the young Czech boy trade in order to have one night with his lover from the other side of the fence?
(a) Eight days of bread and eight days of soup.
(b) A diamond that he stole from "Canada".
(c) A bottle of aspirin.
(d) A bowl and a toothbrush.

2. What did Olga assume when she saw the pitiful women in the cages?
(a) This was a dream.
(b) They were isolated because they were insane.
(c) This was her own future.
(d) They must be under quarantine.

3. To what does the author compare the S.S. women who oversaw the selections in their large black rain capes?
(a) Ominous ghosts.
(b) Agents of the devil.
(c) Bats swooping down from the sky.
(d) Vultures waiting for their prey.

4. Why did Madga, at first, refuse to attempt escape?
(a) She was tired of living and had resigned herself to death.
(b) She was too frightened to move out of the circle.
(c) She did not believe in the crematory and thought they would go somewhere better.
(d) She did not want to leave her mother, who was also in the circle.

5. Why did Dr. Klein, the chief S.S. doctor of the camp, rebuke Olga when she asked to be allowed to give medical aid to her fellow prisoners?
(a) Prisoners were forbidden to speak directly to an S.S. doctor without authorization.
(b) She spoke to him in a disrespectful manner, and he was offended.
(c) He did not believe that a prisoner had the necessary medical experience or knowledge.
(d) He believed that they were being adequately cared for.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the two purposes of camp selections?

2. How did Olga become a "rich woman" in the camp?

3. After they disembarked from the train, who was immediately sent to the left?

4. How many people were loaded into Olga's train car?

5. How many people within the barracks had to share a single blanket?

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