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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V through IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease did Tadek's new girlfriend eventually contract?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Scarlet fever.

2. What were the two purposes of camp selections?
(a) To select some prisoners for the crematory and to decimate the others.
(b) To select prisoners for work detail and to show off German power.
(c) To select prisoners for the crematory and to locate missing prisoners.
(d) To inventory prisoners and maintain an accurate count.

3. What was the occupation of the "Lageraelteste" in her life outside of the camp?
(a) She had been a nurse.
(b) She had been a baker.
(c) She had been a kindergarten teacher.
(d) She had been a police officer.

4. What was Miklos Lengyel's profession?
(a) City adiministrator.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Linguistics professor.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the insignia on each train car indicate?

2. 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?

3. What was the ultimate purpose of Birkenau?

4. What did the green triangle on a prisoner's uniform indicate?

5. What was the original purpose of the building that became Olga's new home?

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