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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 was the rank of a Rottenfuhrer?
(a) Captain.
(b) Sergeant Major.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Lance Corporal.

2. What was the name for a prisoner entrusted with special duties by the SS?
(a) Oberaufseherin.
(b) Funktionshaftling.
(c) Kapo.
(d) Scharfuhrer.

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

4. As Filip considered what his life would be like if he survived the war, he thought of running into the FS men. Who were they?
(a) Racist Slovakians who hated everyone.
(b) Volunteer SS in Slovakia.
(c) Hlinka guardsmen.
(d) Germans living in this country.

5. What did the so-called representative of the Foreign Ministry tell the crowd they could not leave without?
(a) A certificate of disinfection.
(b) A letter of introduction.
(c) A haircut.
(d) Their clean clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Sonderkommando who told a woman in the crowd they were all to be exterminated?

2. What was a "mussulman"?

3. What was the Kriegsverdienstkreuz with swords that Moll wore on his white uniform?

4. What was an Unterscharfuhrer?

5. How many blankets did a prisoner in the block receive?

(see the answer key)

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