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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 force the prisoners to do that he had pulled out of the ranks?
(a) Run, following commands, or get beaten.
(b) 100 push ups.
(c) Crawl to the infirmary.
(d) The work of the other prisoners.

2. What happened to Daniel Obstbaum?
(a) He bribed Dobrowolny, an old schoolmate.
(b) He was shot trying to escape.
(c) He was given a week's special leave.
(d) He escaped with Fero Langer.

3. How long did it take a prisoner's body to burn in the oven?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) Twenty minutes.
(c) One day.
(d) Four hours.

4. What was the name of Filip's bunk mate in Chapter 1?
(a) Manny.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Morris.
(d) Michael.

5. What did the people who were machine-gunned and gassed in Chapter 3 pay a lot of money to the Gestapo for?
(a) Immigration to Paraguay.
(b) Imprisonment instead of death.
(c) An escape to Switzerland.
(d) A comfortable train ride to Auschwitz.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who told Filip "..it is vital that you should see everything, experience everything, go through everything and consciously record everything in your mind"?

3. What did almost every prisoner in the Sonderkommando spend a great deal of time doing?

4. What did the SS threaten the prisoners of the Family Camp with after a few of them rushed toward the doors and were killed?

5. Where did Filip hide while the SS stopped the uprising and put out the fire of Crematorium 4?

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