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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. Before the SS men poured the deadly gas crystals into the gas chamber, what did they do?
(a) Told the people inside to lie down.
(b) Turned on the truck engines.
(c) Turned the hot water on for the showers.
(d) Put on gas masks.

2. How many blankets did a prisoner in the block receive?
(a) One blanket.
(b) One blanket was shared by two prisoners.
(c) One and an extra if it was very cold.
(d) None.

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

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

5. What did Vacek do to the prisoner who was mumbling next to Muller?
(a) Beat him to death.
(b) Shot him at point blank range.
(c) Reported him to Schlage.
(d) Ordered him to the gas chamber.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Filip ordered to do to the dead bodies in the cremation room?

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

3. Where were Filip and Maurice taken after being caught at the tea vats?

4. What did the statement, "he has gone to the wire" refer to?

5. What was compulsory on a Sunday afternoon?

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