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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 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.

2. Where was it most difficult for a prisoner to go?
(a) The black wall.
(b) The crematorium.
(c) The women's camp.
(d) Ouside.

3. Who took over the executions when a young mother threw her murdered child at Voss?
(a) Dajan.
(b) Gorges.
(c) Kurschuss.
(d) Mietek.

4. After the SS men, Aumeier and Grabner, convened as to the viability of the pit they had driven to, what were the prisoners ordered to do?
(a) Dig a bigger pit.
(b) Go back to the camp.
(c) Throw the corpses into the pit.
(d) Take a short nap.

5. How did prisoners have to do their weekly shaving?
(a) With cold water, no soap and blunt razors.
(b) WIthout any water.
(c) With tiny scissors.
(d) With the edges of cutting knives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Daniel Obstbaum?

2. What prisoner, experienced in organizing conspiracies, was transferred back to Auschwitz?

3. What was the rank of a Rottenfuhrer?

4. What was a Kapo?

5. Why were the prisoners of the Sonderkommando at first kept away from the last group of prisoners to be killed in Chapter 3?

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