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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Inferno.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who took over the executions when a young mother threw her murdered child at Voss?
(a) Gorges.
(b) Dajan.
(c) Kurschuss.
(d) Mietek.

2. What did the SS men give Filip and the others before they boarded the truck holding the dead?
(a) Lashing with a whip.
(b) A treasured cookie.
(c) Orders to be still.
(d) Bread rations.

3. What size was the cell that Filip and the others were brought to at the end of their eventful day in Chapter 2?
(a) Eight feet by ten feet.
(b) There was no way to tell.
(c) Three paces long by three paces wide.
(d) As large as the crematorium.

4. What was Auschwitz fashion?
(a) Having a shaved head to avoid lice.
(b) Imitating the SS through dress.
(c) Wearing striped suits.
(d) A coat with pockets for "organizing".

5. Who was Vacek's second victim to be pulled out of the ranks?
(a) A man with thick eyeglasses.
(b) A half-blind singer.
(c) A deaf tailor.
(d) A man whose cap did not fit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why couldn't the fires for the burning of the corpses in the pits be lit at night?

2. What did the so-called representative of the Foreign Ministry tell the crowd they could not leave without?

3. Why were the prisoners who were forced to participate in the preparations for the exterminations separated into two groups at first?

4. What did Filip and the others throw on top of the mountain of bodies in the pit?

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

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