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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 SS threaten the prisoners of the Family Camp with after a few of them rushed toward the doors and were killed?
(a) Machine guns.
(b) Small-bore rifles.
(c) Electrocution.
(d) Torture.

2. What piece of evidence concerning the death camp did Filip obtain for the Resistance?
(a) Labels from Zyclon B gas tins.
(b) The note about the Family Camp.
(c) Women's hair.
(d) Ashes from the ovens.

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

4. What did the green triangle on the uniform of the block clerk, Vacek, signify?
(a) He was a former professional criminal.
(b) He was Jewish.
(c) He was a former Christian who converted to Judaism.
(d) He was a German soldier.

5. What did the author overhear the prisoner next to him saying in Chapter 1?
(a) Curses at the Germans.
(b) Prayers to God to save him.
(c) Nonsensical mumbling.
(d) Mumbles of disbelief at the happenings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was it most difficult for a prisoner to go?

2. What did Filip imagine might be done to him if they tied his hands behind his back?

3. What were Filip and the others ordered to do with the clothing left behind by those just murdered in the crematorium?

4. What was Filip ordered to do to the dead bodies in the cremation room?

5. What was the job of the block clerk?

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