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

2. What did the SS men give Filip and the others before they boarded the truck holding the dead?
(a) A treasured cookie.
(b) Orders to be still.
(c) Bread rations.
(d) Lashing with a whip.

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

4. Why was the technique thought up by the Kommandofuhrers and known as "express work" originally used?
(a) To cut down on the men needed for the work.
(b) To burn bodies more quickly.
(c) To save coke.
(d) It was done on the fastest train running.

5. What was "Canada" in the camp?
(a) An uncompleted camp where prisoners had no clothing.
(b) Where belongings of Jews were stored.
(c) The area where the SS men ate their meals.
(d) The coldest section of the camp.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the girl, Yana, tell Filip to give to her boyfriend after she was dead?

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

4. What is the name of the town that Filip Muller is from?

5. What did members of the Family Camp think was happening when, after being warned, there was no violence towards them after a few days?

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