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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. Why did Olga's husband decide not to take half of her poison?
(a) He decided that he would live to tell others about the cruelty he had seen.
(b) She might have needed it all, and suicide might be easier for him.
(c) He remembered where he could find his own poison.
(d) She begged him to leave it all for her.

2. What name was given to the barrack's "cages" into which the prisoners were divided?
(a) Arbeit.
(b) Koias.
(c) Blocova.
(d) Kommandos.

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

4. What sign, posted in the camp, assured prisoners that they would be put to work?
(a) "Work is freedom!"
(b) "Work is the path to happiness!"
(c) "To work is to live!"
(d) "Hard work is its own reward!"

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor did the author use to describe the train cars at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. How long had the Polish woman, Irka, been in the camp?

3. At the beginning of the author's story, how much of Europe was under Nazi control?

4. What happened the day after Olga met her husband in the camp?

5. Why did the people who were still alive lie on top of one another during their last night on the train car?

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