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

2. 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) Dig a bigger pit.
(c) Throw the corpses into the pit.
(d) Take a short nap.

3. What was the only Polish word that Aumeier learned in order to make himself understood by his victims?
(a) Ide (go).
(b) Szybko (faster).
(c) Psa (dog).
(d) Kota (cat).

4. What was the quarrel between Mietek and Fischl over?
(a) Who should be Kapo.
(b) Whether prayers could be said.
(c) The food rations.
(d) Who worked the hardest.

5. What was an Unterscharfuhrer?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Block clerk.
(c) General.
(d) Corporal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was compulsory on a Sunday afternoon?

2. What did the statement, "he has gone to the wire" refer to?

3. Why were the SS men so concerned when they saw the bodies in the pit in the daylight?

4. What was the midday meal for prisoners?

5. What was Filip ordered to do to the dead bodies in the cremation room?

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