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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters I through IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metaphor did the author use to describe the train cars at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Cattle barns.
(b) Hell.
(c) Hospital wards.
(d) Coffins.

2. What advice did the handsome German prisoner have for Olga when she was looking for her son?
(a) "Pay one of the guards and he may tell you where to go."
(b) "Forget him, and everyone else you knew, and just worry about yourself."
(c) "Don't give up looking, no matter what others tell you."
(d) "Pretend to be German, and you might get kind treatment."

3. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?
(a) A week.
(b) Three days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Two days.

4. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive blankets?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One month.
(c) Two months.
(d) One week.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Olga assume when she saw the pitiful women in the cages?

5. Why did Olga's husband decide not to take half of her poison?

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