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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Into the Crematorium.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Vacek do to the prisoner who was mumbling next to Muller?
(a) Reported him to Schlage.
(b) Shot him at point blank range.
(c) Ordered him to the gas chamber.
(d) Beat him to death.

2. What was one of Vacek's commands to the lined-up prisoners in the yard of Block 11?
(a) "Silence now!"
(b) "Caps off!"
(c) "Attention!"
(d) "Forward march!"

3. What was the job of the block clerk?
(a) To block prisoner's movements around the camp.
(b) To keep track of the spending of money.
(c) To count all of the gold teeth coming into the camp.
(d) To record data and movements of prisoners.

4. What were Filip and the others ordered to do with the clothing left behind by those just murdered in the crematorium?
(a) Give them to the next crowd coming out.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Sort them into separate piles.
(d) Place them on the dead bodies.

5. What gave Filip some solace as his father's remains were burned in the crematorium?
(a) A teammate recited Kaddish.
(b) His father has gone to a better place.
(c) He knew that he had helped him all he could.
(d) His father did not suffer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a blockfuhrer?

2. What was the job of a block orderly?

3. Who did the SS men believe to be responsible for the fire in the crematorium's chimney?

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

5. Why were the SS men so concerned when they saw the bodies in the pit in the daylight?

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