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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) Morris.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Michael.
(d) Manny.

2. What did the statement, "he has gone to the wire" refer to?
(a) A prisoner who escapes past the wired fence.
(b) Someone who dared to climb the barbed-wire fence and fell.
(c) A prisoner who was killed by running into the electrified fence.
(d) The birds sitting on the wire fences.

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

4. Where did one of Filip's team find a hand grenade?
(a) In Bunker 1.
(b) In the pocket of a dead Ukranian SS man.
(c) In an urn at Auschwitz.
(d) In the new Birkenau crematoria.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, when a crowd of 1,000 people undressed, what did they begin to do when they realized they would be killed?

3. Where were Filip and Maurice taken after being caught at the tea vats?

4. As Filip waited for the return of Vacek and the others, what did he most fear might happen to him?

5. Who caught Muller at the cauldron of tea?

(see the answer key)

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