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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The New Death Factories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Vacek's first victim's handicap?
(a) He had a limp.
(b) He was partially deaf.
(c) He was missing his right leg.
(d) His right hand was paralyzed.

2. 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) His father did not suffer.
(c) He knew that he had helped him all he could.
(d) A teammate recited Kaddish.

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

4. What did Filip imagine might be done to him if they tied his hands behind his back?
(a) He would then be suspended by his fastened hands.
(b) They would then cut his hands off.
(c) He would have to perform his work like that.
(d) He would be left in a hole to die.

5. What were the people in the crematorium killed with?
(a) Lethal injections.
(b) Electric shocks.
(c) Machine guns.
(d) Poison gas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Daniel Obstbaum?

2. What was Auschwitz fashion?

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

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

5. Why was Serge so angry at Dr. Pach for giving medical treatment to prisoners?

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