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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 happened to Daniel Obstbaum?
(a) He escaped with Fero Langer.
(b) He bribed Dobrowolny, an old schoolmate.
(c) He was given a week's special leave.
(d) He was shot trying to escape.

2. Who pretended to be a representative of the Foreign Ministry to a crowd of people about to be gassed to death?
(a) Hossler.
(b) Schwarzhuber.
(c) Voss.
(d) Kaminski.

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

4. What did the SS men give Filip and the others before they boarded the truck holding the dead?
(a) A treasured cookie.
(b) Lashing with a whip.
(c) Orders to be still.
(d) Bread rations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the girls in the gas chamber do to Filip?

2. What did the term "selection" mean at Birkenau and other camps?

3. What was the view for the prisoners when they were moved from the dungeon to Cell 13?

4. How did patients who were brought to Birkenau from mental hospitals react to being told to undress before their execution?

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

(see the answer key)

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