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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. Who pretended to be a representative of the Foreign Ministry to a crowd of people about to be gassed to death?
(a) Schwarzhuber.
(b) Voss.
(c) Hossler.
(d) Kaminski.

2. How long did Filip live in Block 11 in Auschwitz before being sent to Birkenau?
(a) Three years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Fourteen months.
(d) A year.

3. Who was the dead girl that Filip had to undress from his hometown?
(a) Yolana Weis.
(b) Yasmin Belath.
(c) Yolanda Weiss.
(d) Vlasta Sered.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the midday meal for prisoners?

3. What was the emblem on the side of the truck that took the men back and forth to the mass grave?

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

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

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