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

2. What was Sonderbehandlung?
(a) Lance sergeant.
(b) Selection for extermination.
(c) Secret code word for murdering.
(d) Penal company.

3. From what point of view is the story told?
(a) Second Person.
(b) Omnisicient.
(c) Third person.
(d) First person.

4. What did the author overhear the prisoner next to him saying in Chapter 1?
(a) Curses at the Germans.
(b) Prayers to God to save him.
(c) Nonsensical mumbling.
(d) Mumbles of disbelief at the happenings.

5. What was the title given to Filip's working party by Stark?
(a) Auschwitz Army.
(b) Jews.
(c) Muller People.
(d) Fischl Team.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did a prisoner approach Schlage as Schlage looked over the ranks of men?

2. Why did Filip assume that a car with its headlamps on was driving behind the truck with the prisoners and the corpses?

3. What was an Unterscharfuhrer?

4. What gave Filip some solace as his father's remains were burned in the crematorium?

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

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