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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Inferno.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Vacek do to the prisoner who was mumbling next to Muller?
(a) Beat him to death.
(b) Reported him to Schlage.
(c) Shot him at point blank range.
(d) Ordered him to the gas chamber.

2. Who was Fischl?
(a) One of the SS soldiers.
(b) The inmate who cleaned the oven grates.
(c) The guard in charge of the crematorium.
(d) The inmate who refused to remove a corpse's gold teeth.

3. 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?
(a) Whispering to each other about an escape plan.
(b) Protesting to the SS.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Praying aloud the same prayers.

4. In Chapter 3, when a crowd of 1,000 people undressed, what did they begin to do when they realized they would be killed?
(a) Threw their clothing at the German soldiers.
(b) Cried and prayed silently.
(c) They began to dress again.
(d) Nothing.

5. What was the inscription on the camp gate?
(a) "Camp Auschwitz."
(b) "Work liberates."
(c) "Heil Hitler."
(d) "Work Is Good For the Soul."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did it take a prisoner's body to burn in the oven?

3. When the Nazis invaded Bohemia and Moravia in 1939, where were the Jews first removed from?

4. Who was shot to death immediately after the gypsies were sent to the gas chamber?

5. Why were the prisoners who were forced to participate in the preparations for the exterminations separated into two groups at first?

(see the answer key)

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