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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XVII through XXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Olga and her fellow prisoners use as a mop?
(a) Their socks.
(b) The sleeves of their own dresses.
(c) A handful of dirty rags pulled from the garbage pile.
(d) The bottom portion of a dress, which had been cut off.

2. What was the irony in Dr. Lengyel's success in saving Olly's life?
(a) Olly's family was angry with Dr. Lengyel for interfering.
(b) Olly was taken to the gas chamber and murdered the very next day.
(c) Olly later hung herself in the camp.
(d) Dr. Lengyel was punished for performing medicine on the train.

3. How old was Irma Griese?
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Thrity.
(c) Twenty-seven.
(d) Forty-two.

4. How often were the prisoners allowed to go to the latrines?
(a) Four times each day.
(b) Three times, once after each meal.
(c) Once a day.
(d) Twice each day.

5. How did Olga get across the icy river to reach the safe village?
(a) A farmer offered to carry her across on his boat.
(b) She crossed a treacherous bridge.
(c) She swam.
(d) She found an abandoned raft and rowed across.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sign did Olga wear to indicate her participation in the resistance?

2. What happened when a woman gave birth in the concentration camp?

3. How long had the blue-eyed man been in prison camps?

4. What happened to the Veterinarian the night that her lover was taken to the gas chamber?

5. What did Olga and her friend trade for a bit of plazki?

(see the answer key)

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