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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. Before the SS men poured the deadly gas crystals into the gas chamber, what did they do?
(a) Turned the hot water on for the showers.
(b) Put on gas masks.
(c) Told the people inside to lie down.
(d) Turned on the truck engines.

2. How did the Sonderkommando's doctor's wife try to follow him as he was being deported?
(a) She joined a crowd marked with the Star of David.
(b) She bribed an SS man.
(c) She clung to his legs and was dragged along.
(d) She sewed a Star of David onto her coat.

3. Where was it most difficult for a prisoner to go?
(a) The black wall.
(b) The women's camp.
(c) The crematorium.
(d) Ouside.

4. From what point of view is the story told?
(a) Omnisicient.
(b) Second Person.
(c) Third person.
(d) First person.

5. What genre does the story fall into?
(a) Mystery.
(b) Biography.
(c) Novel.
(d) Memoir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Filip's bunk mate in Chapter 1?

2. When half of the crowd at the end of Chapter 3 were behind the door of the crematorium, what was the other half, still dressed, doing?

3. What gave Filip some solace as his father's remains were burned in the crematorium?

4. What is the Polish name for the town the Germans called Auschwitz?

5. What was the midday meal for prisoners?

(see the answer key)

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