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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Tragedy of the Family Camp.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gave Filip some solace as his father's remains were burned in the crematorium?
(a) A teammate recited Kaddish.
(b) His father did not suffer.
(c) He knew that he had helped him all he could.
(d) His father has gone to a better place.

2. When one of the Sonderkommandos told a woman he recognized that she was about to be gassed to death, what did she do?
(a) Committed suicide.
(b) Calmly agreed to spread the word.
(c) Disfigured herself with her nails and foamed at the mouth.
(d) Cried silently.

3. Filip had one regret as he stood in the gas chamber, ready to die. What was it?
(a) He forgot to say goodbye to the others.
(b) He did not help one person to get out alive.
(c) He did not have the hand grenades.
(d) He did not write a will.

4. What was a "mussulman"?
(a) The kind of fish the SS men ate at dinner.
(b) A rank of officer.
(c) A prisoner who had lost the will to live.
(d) The prisoners who grew muscular from carrying heavy loads.

5. What genre does the story fall into?
(a) Mystery.
(b) Biography.
(c) Memoir.
(d) Novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ultimate fate of the prisoners that Vacek pulled out of the ranks?

2. What was the title given to Filip's working party by Stark?

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

4. Why did a prisoner approach Schlage as Schlage looked over the ranks of men?

5. What happened to the people who attempted to escape the Polish ghettos?

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