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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. As Filip waited for the return of Vacek and the others, what did he most fear might happen to him?
(a) Sport in the yard.
(b) Being starved.
(c) Being struck on his bare buttocks.
(d) Being castrated.

2. What was the name for a prisoner entrusted with special duties by the SS?
(a) Scharfuhrer.
(b) Funktionshaftling.
(c) Oberaufseherin.
(d) Kapo.

3. How did the SS treat the members of the Family Camp as they were entering the crematorium yard?
(a) With undisguised cruelty.
(b) Fairly.
(c) As though they were in no danger.
(d) WIth dignity.

4. What was Filip ordered to do to the dead bodies in the cremation room?
(a) Haul them into a pile.
(b) Check to make sure they were dead.
(c) Bury them.
(d) Strip them of their clothing.

5. What drew Filip near the people of the Family Camp as they were in the changing room?
(a) His anger at them.
(b) To warn them one more time.
(c) A common language, religion and culture.
(d) It was his job to be there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the majority of the people in the Family Camp come from?

2. What was the midday meal for prisoners?

3. What was an Unterscharfuhrer?

4. What did almost every prisoner in the Sonderkommando spend a great deal of time doing?

5. Where were Filip and Maurice taken after being caught at the tea vats?

(see the answer key)

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