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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Into the Crematorium.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take a prisoner's body to burn in the oven?
(a) One day.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) Four hours.
(d) Twenty minutes.

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

3. How many times had the prisoners already repeated Vacek's same command at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Twice.
(b) 120 times.
(c) 100 times.
(d) 30 times.

4. What did Filip and the others throw on top of the mountain of bodies in the pit?
(a) Chlorinated lime.
(b) The clothes of the dead.
(c) Dirty snow.
(d) Blankets.

5. Who was the man muttering to himself in the ranks next to Muller?
(a) A Rabbi that Muller once knew.
(b) An old school chum of Muller's.
(c) A lawyer from Muller's hometown.
(d) Muller's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What genre does the story fall into?

2. What was one of Vacek's commands to the lined-up prisoners in the yard of Block 11?

3. What did the author overhear the prisoner next to him saying in Chapter 1?

4. What was eventually done with the two groups witnessing and helping with the gassing of prisoners in Chapter 2?

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

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