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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. Why did Fischl get so upset with the other prisoners while he recited the Kaddish?
(a) The others were eating while he prayed.
(b) He couldn't remember the words.
(c) The others made fun of him.
(d) They talked while he tried to pray.

3. What was eventually done with the two groups witnessing and helping with the gassing of prisoners in Chapter 2?
(a) They were put together as a crematorium working party.
(b) They were further separated into three groups.
(c) They were killed and replaced.
(d) They were caught joking about the process.

4. After the SS men, Aumeier and Grabner, convened as to the viability of the pit they had driven to, what were the prisoners ordered to do?
(a) Dig a bigger pit.
(b) Take a short nap.
(c) Go back to the camp.
(d) Throw the corpses into the pit.

5. What did Filip and the others throw on top of the mountain of bodies in the pit?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Chlorinated lime.
(c) Dirty snow.
(d) The clothes of the dead.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were Filip and the others ordered to do with the clothing left behind by those just murdered in the crematorium?

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

4. What was Sonderbehandlung?

5. What was the inscription on the camp gate?

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