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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rank was Hauptsternfuhrer Hans Aumeier?
(a) General.
(b) Corporal.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Captain.

2. What was the only Polish word that Aumeier learned in order to make himself understood by his victims?
(a) Psa (dog).
(b) Szybko (faster).
(c) Kota (cat).
(d) Ide (go).

3. What was the inscription on the camp gate?
(a) "Camp Auschwitz."
(b) "Work liberates."
(c) "Heil Hitler."
(d) "Work Is Good For the Soul."

4. What was an Unterscharfuhrer?
(a) Corporal.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Block clerk.
(d) General.

5. How many times had the prisoners already repeated Vacek's same command at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 120 times.
(b) 30 times.
(c) 100 times.
(d) Twice.

6. What was Sonderbehandlung?
(a) Penal company.
(b) Lance sergeant.
(c) Secret code word for murdering.
(d) Selection for extermination.

7. Who was Schlage?
(a) A prisoner who escaped.
(b) A relative of Vacek's.
(c) An SS officer watching Vacek.
(d) A Nazi General about to arrive.

8. What did a Block Senior receive as a reward for making prisoners keep the block clean?
(a) A reprieve from death.
(b) No beatings.
(c) An extra portion of soup.
(d) Cigarettes.

9. What did Maurice and Filip do with the crowbars and hammers Stark gave them?
(a) Open the gates of the oven.
(b) LIft the corpses.
(c) Attack Stark.
(d) Damage the fire-brick lining.

10. Why were the prisoners so concerned about lice?
(a) A prisoner with lice would be put in boiling hot water.
(b) Prisoners would be made to eat the lice.
(c) The itching was unbearable.
(d) One infected louse could cause typhus and death.

11. From what point of view is the story told?
(a) First person.
(b) Second Person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Omnisicient.

12. How many blankets did a prisoner in the block receive?
(a) One blanket was shared by two prisoners.
(b) One and an extra if it was very cold.
(c) None.
(d) One blanket.

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

14. What was the name for a prisoner entrusted with special duties by the SS?
(a) Funktionshaftling.
(b) Scharfuhrer.
(c) Oberaufseherin.
(d) Kapo.

15. What did Vacek force the prisoners to do that he had pulled out of the ranks?
(a) Run, following commands, or get beaten.
(b) Crawl to the infirmary.
(c) 100 push ups.
(d) The work of the other prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who caught Muller at the cauldron of tea?

2. Why did Filip assume that a car with its headlamps on was driving behind the truck with the prisoners and the corpses?

3. What did Vacek do to the prisoner who was mumbling next to Muller?

4. What was the job of the block clerk?

5. What did Filip do to quench his thirst on Sunday afternoon?

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