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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 the only Polish word that Aumeier learned in order to make himself understood by his victims?
(a) Psa (dog).
(b) Ide (go).
(c) Kota (cat).
(d) Szybko (faster).

2. Who caught Muller at the cauldron of tea?
(a) Schlage.
(b) Vacek and Schlage.
(c) Vacek, Schlage and an SS leader.
(d) Vacek.

3. What did Filip do to quench his thirst on Sunday afternoon?
(a) Drink from puddles on the ground.
(b) Steal another prisoner's water.
(c) Sneak outside with his bunkmate.
(d) Drink the extra bowl of soup he managed to get.

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

5. What gave Filip some solace as his father's remains were burned in the crematorium?
(a) He knew that he had helped him all he could.
(b) His father has gone to a better place.
(c) His father did not suffer.
(d) A teammate recited Kaddish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the prisoners who were forced to participate in the preparations for the exterminations separated into two groups at first?

2. What was compulsory on a Sunday afternoon?

3. What was one of Vacek's commands to the lined-up prisoners in the yard of Block 11?

4. What was the quarrel between Mietek and Fischl over?

5. What was the midday meal for prisoners?

(see the answer key)

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