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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 a Kapo?
(a) The officer in command.
(b) A German citizen.
(c) A prisoner in charge of a working party.
(d) The German officer who kept the peace among prisoners.

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

3. What did the author overhear the prisoner next to him saying in Chapter 1?
(a) Mumbles of disbelief at the happenings.
(b) Nonsensical mumbling.
(c) Curses at the Germans.
(d) Prayers to God to save him.

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

5. What did Filip and the others throw on top of the mountain of bodies in the pit?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Chlorinated lime.
(c) Dirty snow.
(d) The clothes of the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the SS men give Filip and the others before they boarded the truck holding the dead?

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

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

4. Who was SS-Untersturmfuhrer Max Grabner?

5. What was the view for the prisoners when they were moved from the dungeon to Cell 13?

(see the answer key)

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