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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 quarrel between Mietek and Fischl over?
(a) Whether prayers could be said.
(b) Who should be Kapo.
(c) Who worked the hardest.
(d) The food rations.

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

3. What did Vacek order to be done with the tea that the prisoners were to drink?
(a) It was to be used for the evening's bath.
(b) Have it thrown into the gully-drain.
(c) Have it thrown into the men's faces.
(d) It would be sent back to be used the next day.

4. What did the green triangle on the uniform of the block clerk, Vacek, signify?
(a) He was a German soldier.
(b) He was a former Christian who converted to Judaism.
(c) He was Jewish.
(d) He was a former professional criminal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the prisoners so concerned about lice?

2. What rank was Hauptsternfuhrer Hans Aumeier?

3. What was Sonderbehandlung?

4. Who was the man muttering to himself in the ranks next to Muller?

5. What is the Polish name for the town the Germans called Auschwitz?

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