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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The New Death Factories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author overhear the prisoner next to him saying in Chapter 1?
(a) Curses at the Germans.
(b) Prayers to God to save him.
(c) Mumbles of disbelief at the happenings.
(d) Nonsensical mumbling.

2. As Filip waited for the return of Vacek and the others, what did he most fear might happen to him?
(a) Being starved.
(b) Being struck on his bare buttocks.
(c) Being castrated.
(d) Sport in the yard.

3. What happened to the Sonderkommando who told a woman in the crowd they were all to be exterminated?
(a) He was put into the general population.
(b) He was gassed with the crowd.
(c) He was shot to death.
(d) He was burned alive in front of the others.

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

5. What was the title given to Filip's working party by Stark?
(a) Muller People.
(b) Fischl Team.
(c) Auschwitz Army.
(d) Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a blockfuhrer?

2. What happened to the women in Block 10 at Auschwitz?

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

4. What did Filip do in order to get his father put on the bricklayers' team?

5. What was the ultimate fate of the prisoners that Vacek pulled out of the ranks?

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