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

2. How many blankets did a prisoner in the block receive?
(a) One blanket was shared by two prisoners.
(b) One blanket.
(c) None.
(d) One and an extra if it was very cold.

3. What was the midday meal for prisoners?
(a) A thin soup.
(b) Bread and water.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Boiled potatoes.

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

5. What was the emblem on the side of the truck that took the men back and forth to the mass grave?
(a) The International Red Cross.
(b) A dove.
(c) A skull and crossbones.
(d) The Nazi Swastika.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were the people in the crematorium killed with?

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

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

5. What did Vacek force the prisoners to do that he had pulled out of the ranks?

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