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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 the job of a block orderly?
(a) Running messages back and forth.
(b) Keeping the block clean and tidy.
(c) Keeping prisoners from fighting.
(d) Relaying news to prisoners.

2. What was one of Vacek's commands to the lined-up prisoners in the yard of Block 11?
(a) "Forward march!"
(b) "Caps off!"
(c) "Silence now!"
(d) "Attention!"

3. How long did it take a prisoner's body to burn in the oven?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Twenty minutes.
(c) One day.
(d) Five minutes.

4. What did Vacek order to be done with the tea that the prisoners were to drink?
(a) Have it thrown into the men's faces.
(b) Have it thrown into the gully-drain.
(c) It was to be used for the evening's bath.
(d) It would be sent back to be used the next day.

5. What genre does the story fall into?
(a) Mystery.
(b) Novel.
(c) Biography.
(d) Memoir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Filip imagine might be done to him if they tied his hands behind his back?

2. Why were the prisoners so concerned about lice?

3. What was Sonderbehandlung?

4. What was a blockfuhrer?

5. What were Filip and the others ordered to do with the clothing left behind by those just murdered in the crematorium?

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