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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. How many Red Army prisoners of war were left alive by January, 1945, out of the 13,000 taken?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 100.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 1,300.

2. 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?
(a) Volunteer SS in Slovakia.
(b) Hlinka guardsmen.
(c) Racist Slovakians who hated everyone.
(d) Germans living in this country.

3. What were Filip and the others ordered to do with the clothing left behind by those just murdered in the crematorium?
(a) Give them to the next crowd coming out.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Sort them into separate piles.
(d) Place them on the dead bodies.

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

5. What did some of the Family Camp prisoners shout as they awaited death in the crematorium?
(a) "You lied to us!"
(b) "We want to live!"
(c) "End the war!"
(d) "What is happening?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Johann Gorges' nickname, Moische Borak, mean?

2. What did the girl, Yana, tell Filip to give to her boyfriend after she was dead?

3. After the SS men, Aumeier and Grabner, convened as to the viability of the pit they had driven to, what were the prisoners ordered to do?

4. What was the quarrel between Mietek and Fischl over?

5. What drew Filip near the people of the Family Camp as they were in the changing room?

(see the answer key)

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