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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 the SS men give Filip and the others before they boarded the truck holding the dead?
(a) Orders to be still.
(b) A treasured cookie.
(c) Lashing with a whip.
(d) Bread rations.

2. Who was the man muttering to himself in the ranks next to Muller?
(a) Muller's father.
(b) A Rabbi that Muller once knew.
(c) An old school chum of Muller's.
(d) A lawyer from Muller's hometown.

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

4. Who was Vacek's second victim to be pulled out of the ranks?
(a) A man whose cap did not fit.
(b) A half-blind singer.
(c) A man with thick eyeglasses.
(d) A deaf tailor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Filip imagine might be done to him if they tied his hands behind his back?

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

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

5. What was compulsory on a Sunday afternoon?

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