Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What did the Nazis do with all of the documents they removed from the "political bureau"? (from Chapters XVII through XXVIII)

They threw them into boxes and then into the back of a truck.

They loaded them into briefcases and locked the latches.

They burned them.

They dumped them into the latrine.

2.

Why did Madga, at first, refuse to attempt escape? (from Chapters V through IX)

She did not want to leave her mother, who was also in the circle.

She was tired of living and had resigned herself to death.

She was too frightened to move out of the circle.

She did not believe in the crematory and thought they would go somewhere better.

3.

Why did the author and her colleagues dread taking contagious cases to the hospital? (from Chapters V through IX)

Contagious cases were left for dead and sent to the gas chamber.

They were afraid to infect other patients within the hospital.

The nurses and doctors did not have the needed materials to treat them.

They were afraid that they themselves would catch the diseases.

4.

Why was Auschwitz made up of mostly Gentile prisoners? (from Chapters X through XVI)

Most of the population in that area of Europe was Gentile.

The Germans believed in keeping the Jews separate from the Gentiles.

Most of the Jews were immediately sent to the gas chamber.

The Germans had not yet turned their attention to the Jews.

5.

According to the author, of what ingredient was the camp soap made? (from Chapters X through XVI)

The soup that was left at the end of each week.

The grease from the cremated bodies of prisoners.

Toiletries taken from the luggage of detainees.

The rendered bodies of rats caught in the camp.

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