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

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

3. What did the insignia on each train car indicate?
(a) The explanation for the deportation of the people inside the cars.
(b) The countries from which the cars originated.
(c) The concentration camp to which each car was headed.
(d) The number of animals that each car was designed to transport.

4. Why did the elderly man give his potatoes to Olga rather than to the woman to whom he had promised them?
(a) He knew Olga from their life before the camp.
(b) Olga was younger than the other woman.
(c) Olga looked like she needed the food more than the other woman did.
(d) The other woman was not around.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long after their arrival did Olga and her fellow prisoners receive their first morning meal?

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

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?

(see the answer key)

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