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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Inferno.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Filip hide while the SS stopped the uprising and put out the fire of Crematorium 4?
(a) In one of the pits.
(b) In a chimney flue.
(c) Under a dead body.
(d) On the roof of Crematorium 5.

2. What was a Kapo?
(a) The officer in command.
(b) A prisoner in charge of a working party.
(c) The German officer who kept the peace among prisoners.
(d) A German citizen.

3. What did the word "organize" mean in the camp's slang?
(a) To give orders to prisoners.
(b) To order goods.
(c) To clean.
(d) To steal.

4. While Filip was in the gas chamber, who did he look up to find surrounding him?
(a) Some SS men.
(b) A group of people from the Family Camp.
(c) Vicious dogs.
(d) His fellow Sonderkommandos.

5. What did Filip imagine might be done to him if they tied his hands behind his back?
(a) They would then cut his hands off.
(b) He would then be suspended by his fastened hands.
(c) He would have to perform his work like that.
(d) He would be left in a hole to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Filip had one regret as he stood in the gas chamber, ready to die. What was it?

2. Why were the prisoners so concerned about lice?

3. What drew Filip near the people of the Family Camp as they were in the changing room?

4. What was the prisoners' nickname for Hoss?

5. Where did Wetzler and Rosenberg-Vrba hide during their escape attempt?

(see the answer key)

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