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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 the name of Filip's bunk mate in Chapter 1?
(a) Manny.
(b) Morris.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Michael.

2. What was the job of the block clerk?
(a) To record data and movements of prisoners.
(b) To keep track of the spending of money.
(c) To count all of the gold teeth coming into the camp.
(d) To block prisoner's movements around the camp.

3. What was Auschwitz fashion?
(a) Imitating the SS through dress.
(b) Wearing striped suits.
(c) A coat with pockets for "organizing".
(d) Having a shaved head to avoid lice.

4. Why were the SS men so concerned when they saw the bodies in the pit in the daylight?
(a) The water in the pit was rising and the bodies were not buried.
(b) The bodies were swollen and hard to look at.
(c) They didn't think Filip and the others were stong enough to bury the dead.
(d) The bodies were extremely slippery.

5. What were SS men most likely to be bribed with?
(a) Sex, gold and dollars.
(b) Gold, diamonds and deutsche marks.
(c) Gold, dollars and diamonds.
(d) Drugs, diamonds and dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a blockfuhrer?

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

3. Who was Schlage?

4. Why was Filip sent to Birkenau in October of 1942?

5. What did Filip do in order to get his father put on the bricklayers' team?

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