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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. Before the SS men poured the deadly gas crystals into the gas chamber, what did they do?
(a) Turned the hot water on for the showers.
(b) Put on gas masks.
(c) Turned on the truck engines.
(d) Told the people inside to lie down.

2. What was eventually done with the two groups witnessing and helping with the gassing of prisoners in Chapter 2?
(a) They were killed and replaced.
(b) They were put together as a crematorium working party.
(c) They were further separated into three groups.
(d) They were caught joking about the process.

3. 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.

4. What was the view for the prisoners when they were moved from the dungeon to Cell 13?
(a) The area where executions took place.
(b) The guard towers.
(c) The entrace to the women's camp.
(d) A field of grass.

5. What happened to the gold teeth pulled from the mouths of those gassed?
(a) Most of them were organized by the Sonderkommando.
(b) They were sent to the Nazi front ranks.
(c) They were melted and formed into bars.
(d) They were hoarded by the SS.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What were the people in the crematorium killed with?

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

5. What did the SS men do as the prisoners from the Family Camp began to sing as they were pushed towards the gas chambers?

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