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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 the word "organize" mean in the camp's slang?
(a) To clean.
(b) To order goods.
(c) To steal.
(d) To give orders to prisoners.

2. When the Nazis invaded Bohemia and Moravia in 1939, where were the Jews first removed from?
(a) Swimming baths.
(b) Their homes.
(c) Shops.
(d) The Civil Service.

3. What did the girls in the gas chamber do to Filip?
(a) Pushed him out the door.
(b) Asked for his help.
(c) Hugged him tightly.
(d) Thanked him for being there.

4. What was compulsory on a Sunday afternoon?
(a) A long hike for exercise.
(b) Pledges to the fuhrer.
(c) A rest.
(d) Prayer.

5. What did the contents of the note that Voss received in Chapter 4 tell him to do?
(a) Make room for the arrival of another Family.
(b) Gas the inmates of the Family Camp.
(c) Release the inmates of the Family Camp.
(d) Deconstruct the Family Camp the following week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the technique thought up by the Kommandofuhrers and known as "express work" originally used?

2. What was the emblem on the side of the truck that took the men back and forth to the mass grave?

3. After a while, how did Filip and other Sonderkommandos regard anybody arriving at the crematorium?

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

5. Why was Roehrig, a block senior, transferred to a penal company?

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