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

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

3. Who was Vacek's second victim to be pulled out of the ranks?
(a) A half-blind singer.
(b) A man whose cap did not fit.
(c) A deaf tailor.
(d) A man with thick eyeglasses.

4. Why did a prisoner approach Schlage as Schlage looked over the ranks of men?
(a) To show him his wounds.
(b) He asked for more food for the men.
(c) To beg for mercy.
(d) To complain about Vacek's murders.

5. What was the name for a prisoner entrusted with special duties by the SS?
(a) Oberaufseherin.
(b) Kapo.
(c) Scharfuhrer.
(d) Funktionshaftling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the green triangle on the uniform of the block clerk, Vacek, signify?

2. What happened to the gold teeth pulled from the mouths of those gassed?

3. How long did Filip live in Block 11 in Auschwitz before being sent to Birkenau?

4. Who took over the executions when a young mother threw her murdered child at Voss?

5. How was the crowd treated by the "representative of the Foreign Ministry"?

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