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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Into the Crematorium.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Filip ordered to do to the dead bodies in the cremation room?
(a) Check to make sure they were dead.
(b) Strip them of their clothing.
(c) Haul them into a pile.
(d) Bury them.

2. After the SS men, Aumeier and Grabner, convened as to the viability of the pit they had driven to, what were the prisoners ordered to do?
(a) Throw the corpses into the pit.
(b) Take a short nap.
(c) Go back to the camp.
(d) Dig a bigger pit.

3. What was the name of Filip's bunk mate in Chapter 1?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Morris.
(c) Manny.
(d) Michael.

4. What was eventually done with the two groups witnessing and helping with the gassing of prisoners in Chapter 2?
(a) They were put together as a crematorium working party.
(b) They were killed and replaced.
(c) They were further separated into three groups.
(d) They were caught joking about the process.

5. What was the rank of a Rottenfuhrer?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Sergeant Major.
(c) Lance Corporal.
(d) Captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the job of the block clerk?

2. What genre does the story fall into?

3. What did the statement, "he has gone to the wire" refer to?

4. What was Sonderbehandlung?

5. What was Vacek's first victim's handicap?

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