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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 is the Polish name for the town the Germans called Auschwitz?
(a) Oswieczim.
(b) Krakow.
(c) Augustow.
(d) Warsaw.

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

3. Who did the SS men believe to be responsible for the fire in the crematorium's chimney?
(a) Filip and Maurice.
(b) Three prisoners who had refused to work anymore.
(c) Vacek.
(d) Stark.

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

5. What was the emblem on the side of the truck that took the men back and forth to the mass grave?
(a) A skull and crossbones.
(b) The Nazi Swastika.
(c) A dove.
(d) The International Red Cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did prisoners have to do their weekly shaving?

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

3. What happened to the women in Block 10 at Auschwitz?

4. Who was Schlage?

5. What did the author overhear the prisoner next to him saying in Chapter 1?

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