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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. Where were Filip and Maurice taken after being caught at the tea vats?
(a) Near the gallows area.
(b) Opposite the blockfuhrer's room.
(c) To Vacek's office.
(d) To the tower with Schlage.

2. Why did Filip assume that a car with its headlamps on was driving behind the truck with the prisoners and the corpses?
(a) To help light the way for the truck.
(b) To help them at their destination.
(c) To make sure the weary prisoners did not escape in the night.
(d) To be assured that no corpses fell out of the truck.

3. Who was Fischl?
(a) The inmate who cleaned the oven grates.
(b) The guard in charge of the crematorium.
(c) One of the SS soldiers.
(d) The inmate who refused to remove a corpse's gold teeth.

4. What did Maurice and Filip do with the crowbars and hammers Stark gave them?
(a) Attack Stark.
(b) Open the gates of the oven.
(c) Damage the fire-brick lining.
(d) LIft the corpses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Polish name for the town the Germans called Auschwitz?

2. What genre does the story fall into?

3. From what point of view is the story told?

4. What size was the cell that Filip and the others were brought to at the end of their eventful day in Chapter 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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