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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. Why were the SS men so concerned when they saw the bodies in the pit in the daylight?
(a) They didn't think Filip and the others were stong enough to bury the dead.
(b) The bodies were extremely slippery.
(c) The water in the pit was rising and the bodies were not buried.
(d) The bodies were swollen and hard to look at.

2. What happened to Filip and the others as they were driven past the town of Auschwitz with the corpses?
(a) They began to have severe panic attacks.
(b) They fell off the truck.
(c) They were pinned down by the corpses' movement.
(d) They were given more bread by the driver.

3. Before the SS men poured the deadly gas crystals into the gas chamber, what did they do?
(a) Turned the hot water on for the showers.
(b) Put on gas masks.
(c) Told the people inside to lie down.
(d) Turned on the truck engines.

4. What did Filip and the others throw on top of the mountain of bodies in the pit?
(a) Dirty snow.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Chlorinated lime.
(d) The clothes of the dead.

5. What was the title given to Filip's working party by Stark?
(a) Auschwitz Army.
(b) Jews.
(c) Fischl Team.
(d) Muller People.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the dead girl that Filip had to undress from his hometown?

2. Who did the SS men believe to be responsible for the fire in the crematorium's chimney?

3. What was an Unterscharfuhrer?

4. Who caught Muller at the cauldron of tea?

5. How long did it take a prisoner's body to burn in the oven?

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