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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 did Filip encounter when he went to Crematorium 3 for the first time?
(a) Stray hairs blowing in the wind.
(b) Women's hair being shaved off their heads.
(c) Hair being made into wigs.
(d) Women's hair drying on the brick floor.

2. How was the crowd treated by the "representative of the Foreign Ministry"?
(a) With roughness and sarcasm.
(b) Very politely.
(c) Brutally.
(d) As though they were Aryan citizens of the Reich.

3. How many times had the prisoners already repeated Vacek's same command at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 30 times.
(b) Twice.
(c) 100 times.
(d) 120 times.

4. What did Vacek force the prisoners to do that he had pulled out of the ranks?
(a) Run, following commands, or get beaten.
(b) Crawl to the infirmary.
(c) 100 push ups.
(d) The work of the other prisoners.

5. What prisoner, experienced in organizing conspiracies, was transferred back to Auschwitz?
(a) Gorges.
(b) Vladek.
(c) Princip.
(d) Voss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Filip and the others throw on top of the mountain of bodies in the pit?

2. From what point of view is the story told?

3. Why did Fischl get so upset with the other prisoners while he recited the Kaddish?

4. What was the midday meal for prisoners?

5. Who was the man muttering to himself in the ranks next to Muller?

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