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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, No Return.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the prisoners so concerned about lice?
(a) The itching was unbearable.
(b) One infected louse could cause typhus and death.
(c) A prisoner with lice would be put in boiling hot water.
(d) Prisoners would be made to eat the lice.

2. 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.

3. What was compulsory on a Sunday afternoon?
(a) A long hike for exercise.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Pledges to the fuhrer.
(d) A rest.

4. How many times had the prisoners already repeated Vacek's same command at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 30 times.
(b) 120 times.
(c) 100 times.
(d) Twice.

5. How did prisoners have to do their weekly shaving?
(a) With the edges of cutting knives.
(b) With cold water, no soap and blunt razors.
(c) With tiny scissors.
(d) WIthout any water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name for a prisoner entrusted with special duties by the SS?

2. What did the green triangle on the uniform of the block clerk, Vacek, signify?

3. What is the Polish name for the town the Germans called Auschwitz?

4. What happened to the women in Block 10 at Auschwitz?

5. Who was the man muttering to himself in the ranks next to Muller?

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