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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 was Roehrig, a block senior, transferred to a penal company?
(a) He tried to help some Family Camp members escape.
(b) He refused to use a truncheon on prisoners.
(c) He would not have his head shaved.
(d) He stole a gold chain.

2. How many Red Army prisoners of war were left alive by January, 1945, out of the 13,000 taken?
(a) 100.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 1,300.

3. As Filip considered what his life would be like if he survived the war, he thought of running into the FS men. Who were they?
(a) Germans living in this country.
(b) Hlinka guardsmen.
(c) Volunteer SS in Slovakia.
(d) Racist Slovakians who hated everyone.

4. What did some of the Family Camp prisoners shout as they awaited death in the crematorium?
(a) "End the war!"
(b) "We want to live!"
(c) "You lied to us!"
(d) "What is happening?"

5. When the SS men assembled about 2,000 people to the crematorium yard in Chapter 3, what did one man lead the people to do?
(a) Scream.
(b) Pray.
(c) Resist.
(d) Run.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a bum-boy?

2. What was the midday meal for prisoners?

3. What was Auschwitz fashion?

4. What did the SS threaten the prisoners of the Family Camp with after a few of them rushed toward the doors and were killed?

5. Where did the SS man who was posing as someone from the Foreign Ministry tell the people they were going?

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