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

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

3. What was the midday meal for prisoners?
(a) Boiled potatoes.
(b) Sausage.
(c) A thin soup.
(d) Bread and water.

4. What was Filip ordered to do to the dead bodies in the cremation room?
(a) Strip them of their clothing.
(b) Bury them.
(c) Haul them into a pile.
(d) Check to make sure they were dead.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Filip do to quench his thirst on Sunday afternoon?

2. What was the emblem on the side of the truck that took the men back and forth to the mass grave?

3. What was the title given to Filip's working party by Stark?

4. As Filip waited for the return of Vacek and the others, what did he most fear might happen to him?

5. Who was SS-Untersturmfuhrer Max Grabner?

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