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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. Who was the dead girl that Filip had to undress from his hometown?
(a) Vlasta Sered.
(b) Yolana Weis.
(c) Yolanda Weiss.
(d) Yasmin Belath.

2. Why was Filip sent to Birkenau in October of 1942?
(a) To help with the burning of corpses.
(b) To bring chlorinated lime for the corpses.
(c) To join the Sonderkommando there.
(d) To move up in the ranks of his job.

3. What is the Polish name for the town the Germans called Auschwitz?
(a) Krakow.
(b) Oswieczim.
(c) Augustow.
(d) Warsaw.

4. Who did the SS men believe to be responsible for the fire in the crematorium's chimney?
(a) Filip and Maurice.
(b) Three prisoners who had refused to work anymore.
(c) Stark.
(d) Vacek.

5. What was Filip ordered to do to the dead bodies in the cremation room?
(a) Bury them.
(b) Check to make sure they were dead.
(c) Haul them into a pile.
(d) Strip them of their clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a Block Senior receive as a reward for making prisoners keep the block clean?

2. What was an Unterscharfuhrer?

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

4. What happened to the Sonderkommando who told a woman in the crowd they were all to be exterminated?

5. What did the word "organize" mean in the camp's slang?

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