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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 the girls in the gas chamber do to Filip?
(a) Thanked him for being there.
(b) Pushed him out the door.
(c) Asked for his help.
(d) Hugged him tightly.

2. What plan did the Sonderkommandos devise to save themselves?
(a) Inform the next Polish transport of their imminent death.
(b) Escape in the middle of the night.
(c) Build an underground tunnel.
(d) Bribe every SS man that they knew would help them out.

3. What was the view for the prisoners when they were moved from the dungeon to Cell 13?
(a) The guard towers.
(b) A field of grass.
(c) The area where executions took place.
(d) The entrace to the women's camp.

4. What was "Canada" in the camp?
(a) The area where the SS men ate their meals.
(b) The coldest section of the camp.
(c) Where belongings of Jews were stored.
(d) An uncompleted camp where prisoners had no clothing.

5. Why was Lagerkommandant Hoss sent to Birkenau?
(a) To take over Canada.
(b) To manage the mass exterminations.
(c) To help with public relations in Poland.
(d) To organize the food rationing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were Filip and others made to stand among the crowd in Chapter 3 holding up letters of the alphabet?

2. Who took over the executions when a young mother threw her murdered child at Voss?

3. What weaponry had Filip's group acquired as of the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. Where were the ashes of the burnt corpses thrown?

5. Why did Filip assume that a car with its headlamps on was driving behind the truck with the prisoners and the corpses?

(see the answer key)

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