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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 a Volksdeutscher?
(a) An ethnic German.
(b) A follower of Hitler.
(c) A believer in the German tradition.
(d) A person born and bred in Germany.

2. What happened to the gold teeth pulled from the mouths of those gassed?
(a) They were sent to the Nazi front ranks.
(b) Most of them were organized by the Sonderkommando.
(c) They were melted and formed into bars.
(d) They were hoarded by the SS.

3. What did the girl, Yana, tell Filip to give to her boyfriend after she was dead?
(a) A hug goodbye.
(b) Her hair.
(c) A ring.
(d) Her gold chain.

4. What did Filip and the others throw on top of the mountain of bodies in the pit?
(a) The clothes of the dead.
(b) Chlorinated lime.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Dirty snow.

5. What was Filip's friend, the last of seven from his hometown of Sered, planning to do at the time he learned of the plan to inform the Family Camp of their impending death?
(a) Bribe an officer.
(b) Escape.
(c) Organize some gold.
(d) Commit suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Filip notice in the front rank of the Sonderkommando group he was in at Birkenau?

2. What did members of the Family Camp think was happening when, after being warned, there was no violence towards them after a few days?

3. What prisoner, experienced in organizing conspiracies, was transferred back to Auschwitz?

4. As Filip considered what his life would be like if he survived the war, he thought of running into the FS men. Who were they?

5. What was Sonderbehandlung?

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