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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. How often was the water turned on in the washrooms?
(a) Once or twice a week, but only for a few minutes.
(b) Once or twice a day for an hour or two.
(c) Once a day either in the morning or the evening.
(d) They could never know for sure.

2. 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.

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

4. Why was Olga chosen for selection in Chapter 8?
(a) She stole food from the kitchen.
(b) She covered her back with a piece of wool.
(c) She was so sick that she couldn't get out of her bunk.
(d) She tried to stab the blocova.

5. What "presents" did Tadek, the blue-eyed man, give to Olga?
(a) A potato and a shawl.
(b) Bits of twine in order to make herself a belt.
(c) A wooden knife and a handkerchief.
(d) A spoon and a tin cup.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Olga renounce her privilege to write postcards to loved ones outside of the camp?

2. What happened to the prisoners who drank stagnant water from the puddles?

3. How many languages did the Auschwitz-Birkenau commandant's interpreter speak?

4. According to the author, how many serious infections were dealt with in the infirmary as a result of poor sterilization procedures?

5. What name was given to the prisoner who was chosen to oversee the service within each block?

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