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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. Why was Roehrig, a block senior, transferred to a penal company?
(a) He refused to use a truncheon on prisoners.
(b) He stole a gold chain.
(c) He tried to help some Family Camp members escape.
(d) He would not have his head shaved.

2. What did a female prisoner who was slowly stripping off her clothes do?
(a) Slammed her high heel into Quackernack's forehead.
(b) Foamed at her mouth in madness.
(c) Ripped her skin with her fingernails.
(d) Punched Quackernack in the groin.

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

4. When hundred of prisoners were beaten and ordered to undress in the yard, what did Fischl do?
(a) Cursed.
(b) Prayed.
(c) Cried loudly.
(d) Objected.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the people in the crematorium killed with?

2. What piece of evidence concerning the death camp did Filip obtain for the Resistance?

3. What did the green triangle on the uniform of the block clerk, Vacek, signify?

4. How many Red Army prisoners of war were left alive by January, 1945, out of the 13,000 taken?

5. What was Auschwitz fashion?

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