View a FREE sample

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. When one of the Sonderkommandos told a woman he recognized that she was about to be gassed to death, what did she do?
(a) Disfigured herself with her nails and foamed at the mouth.
(b) Calmly agreed to spread the word.
(c) Cried silently.
(d) Committed suicide.

2. Why were the SS men so concerned when they saw the bodies in the pit in the daylight?
(a) The bodies were swollen and hard to look at.
(b) The bodies were extremely slippery.
(c) The water in the pit was rising and the bodies were not buried.
(d) They didn't think Filip and the others were stong enough to bury the dead.

3. What did the so-called representative of the Foreign Ministry tell the crowd they could not leave without?
(a) A certificate of disinfection.
(b) Their clean clothing.
(c) A letter of introduction.
(d) A haircut.

4. What was an SS-Oberaufseherin?
(a) Working team.
(b) Head wardress.
(c) First lieutenant.
(d) Platoon sergeant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After a while, how did Filip and other Sonderkommandos regard anybody arriving at the crematorium?

2. Who was the doctor in charge of the Sonderkommando hospital in Birkenau?

3. Filip had one regret as he stood in the gas chamber, ready to die. What was it?

4. How long did it take a prisoner's body to burn in the oven?

5. Before the SS men poured the deadly gas crystals into the gas chamber, what did they do?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 335 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample