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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. 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?
(a) Go back to the camp.
(b) Take a short nap.
(c) Dig a bigger pit.
(d) Throw the corpses into the pit.

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?
(a) The SS had changed their minds.
(b) They were needed to prove the SS were good people.
(c) The other prisoners just wanted to involve them in a revolt.
(d) There was still danger waiting for them.

3. 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) Cried silently.
(c) Calmly agreed to spread the word.
(d) Committed suicide.

4. What was eventually done with the two groups witnessing and helping with the gassing of prisoners in Chapter 2?
(a) They were killed and replaced.
(b) They were further separated into three groups.
(c) They were put together as a crematorium working party.
(d) They were caught joking about the process.

5. In Chapter 3, when a crowd of 1,000 people undressed, what did they begin to do when they realized they would be killed?
(a) Cried and prayed silently.
(b) Threw their clothing at the German soldiers.
(c) They began to dress again.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Family Camp react to the news that they would be gassed?

2. What happened to the people who attempted to escape the Polish ghettos?

3. What did a female prisoner who was slowly stripping off her clothes do?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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