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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 did Filip do in order to get his father put on the bricklayers' team?
(a) Pleaded with Mietek.
(b) Spoke to Obersturmfuhrer Weber.
(c) Bribed the Kapo.
(d) Smuggled him in.

2. 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) An old school chum of Muller's.
(d) A lawyer from Muller's hometown.

3. What did Vacek force the prisoners to do that he had pulled out of the ranks?
(a) Run, following commands, or get beaten.
(b) The work of the other prisoners.
(c) Crawl to the infirmary.
(d) 100 push ups.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the SS men believe to be responsible for the fire in the crematorium's chimney?

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

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

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

5. Before the SS men poured the deadly gas crystals into the gas chamber, what did they do?

(see the answer key)

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