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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. How many blankets did a prisoner in the block receive?
(a) None.
(b) One blanket.
(c) One and an extra if it was very cold.
(d) One blanket was shared by two prisoners.

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

3. What happened to Filip and the others as they were driven past the town of Auschwitz with the corpses?
(a) They were pinned down by the corpses' movement.
(b) They were given more bread by the driver.
(c) They fell off the truck.
(d) They began to have severe panic attacks.

4. What did almost every prisoner in the Sonderkommando spend a great deal of time doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Eating.
(c) Beating others.
(d) Organizing.

5. When half of the crowd at the end of Chapter 3 were behind the door of the crematorium, what was the other half, still dressed, doing?
(a) Protesting to the SS.
(b) Praying aloud the same prayers.
(c) Whispering to each other about an escape plan.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the word "organize" mean in the camp's slang?

2. What is the Polish name for the town the Germans called Auschwitz?

3. What was an Unterscharfuhrer?

4. As Filip considered what his life would be like if he survived the war, he thought of running into the FS men. Who were they?

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

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