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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. Why were the people in the Family Camp asked to write letters to family and friends days before their extermination?
(a) To make it seem as though all was fine.
(b) To keep the prisoners busy.
(c) So officials could read them all first.
(d) So handwriting could be examined.

2. Why did the Sonderkommandos have their own hospital?
(a) They were the elite prisoners.
(b) To show the men some kindness.
(c) To treat the men in isolation.
(d) They tended to get sicker than the rest.

3. What was a blockfuhrer?
(a) The SS man in charge of all the blocks in the camp.
(b) An SS man who supervised work in some blocks.
(c) The lead prisoner in each block.
(d) An executioner in the gas chambers.

4. What was the view for the prisoners when they were moved from the dungeon to Cell 13?
(a) The guard towers.
(b) The entrace to the women's camp.
(c) The area where executions took place.
(d) A field of grass.

5. What was the inscription on the camp gate?
(a) "Work liberates."
(b) "Work Is Good For the Soul."
(c) "Heil Hitler."
(d) "Camp Auschwitz."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was it most difficult for a prisoner to go?

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

4. What was one of Vacek's commands to the lined-up prisoners in the yard of Block 11?

5. What were SS men most likely to be bribed with?

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