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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. Why was Roehrig, a block senior, transferred to a penal company?
(a) He stole a gold chain.
(b) He tried to help some Family Camp members escape.
(c) He would not have his head shaved.
(d) He refused to use a truncheon on prisoners.

2. What rank was Hauptsternfuhrer Hans Aumeier?
(a) Corporal.
(b) General.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Captain.

3. Why did Moll want the prisoners to dig a channel in the pit which sloped to either side?
(a) To cut down on the mud.
(b) To collect the corpses' fat.
(c) It made it easier to dig.
(d) More bodies would fit.

4. What happened to the women in Block 10 at Auschwitz?
(a) They were left to die.
(b) They were raped.
(c) They were sterilized.
(d) They were treated fairly well.

5. What did the Hungarian Jews, waiting in line for their unanticipated deaths, crave desperately above all else?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Answers.
(d) Warmth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the SS treat the members of the Family Camp as they were entering the crematorium yard?

2. Where did Stark bring Maurice and Filip after they were caught stealing tea?

3. Why were the SS men strictly forbidden to touch the belongings that were left behind by the dead prisoners?

4. Who did the inmates of Birkenau think the Family Camp was under the protection of?

5. What did the word "organize" mean in the camp's slang?

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