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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Tragedy of the Family Camp.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the girls in the gas chamber do to Filip?
(a) Asked for his help.
(b) Thanked him for being there.
(c) Pushed him out the door.
(d) Hugged him tightly.

2. What did the author overhear the prisoner next to him saying in Chapter 1?
(a) Curses at the Germans.
(b) Prayers to God to save him.
(c) Nonsensical mumbling.
(d) Mumbles of disbelief at the happenings.

3. What did the so-called representative of the Foreign Ministry tell the crowd they could not leave without?
(a) Their clean clothing.
(b) A haircut.
(c) A certificate of disinfection.
(d) A letter of introduction.

4. What was the ultimate fate of the prisoners that Vacek pulled out of the ranks?
(a) They were shot on the spot.
(b) They were fed to increase their strength.
(c) They were sent to the gas chamber.
(d) They were beaten to death with truncheons.

5. What happened to the people who attempted to escape the Polish ghettos?
(a) Many of them made it to freedom.
(b) They were caught by police dogs and executed.
(c) They were murdered in their hiding places.
(d) They were often forgetten and starved to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the job of the block clerk?

2. How did the Sonderkommando's doctor's wife try to follow him as he was being deported?

3. What did Filip do to quench his thirst on Sunday afternoon?

4. What happened to the women in Block 10 at Auschwitz?

5. What was a blockfuhrer?

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