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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 was the midday meal for prisoners?
(a) Bread and water.
(b) Boiled potatoes.
(c) Sausage.
(d) A thin soup.

2. Why did Filip assume that a car with its headlamps on was driving behind the truck with the prisoners and the corpses?
(a) To help light the way for the truck.
(b) To be assured that no corpses fell out of the truck.
(c) To help them at their destination.
(d) To make sure the weary prisoners did not escape in the night.

3. What piece of evidence concerning the death camp did Filip obtain for the Resistance?
(a) Women's hair.
(b) The note about the Family Camp.
(c) Ashes from the ovens.
(d) Labels from Zyclon B gas tins.

4. What was the quarrel between Mietek and Fischl over?
(a) Whether prayers could be said.
(b) The food rations.
(c) Who worked the hardest.
(d) Who should be Kapo.

5. What was Vacek's first victim's handicap?
(a) He was partially deaf.
(b) His right hand was paralyzed.
(c) He had a limp.
(d) He was missing his right leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Polish name for the town the Germans called Auschwitz?

2. What was the title given to Filip's working party by Stark?

3. What was the name for a prisoner entrusted with special duties by the SS?

4. Why was the technique thought up by the Kommandofuhrers and known as "express work" originally used?

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

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