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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 was a Volksdeutscher?
(a) A believer in the German tradition.
(b) A person born and bred in Germany.
(c) An ethnic German.
(d) A follower of Hitler.

2. Why did Filip assume that a car with its headlamps on was driving behind the truck with the prisoners and the corpses?
(a) To make sure the weary prisoners did not escape in the night.
(b) To be assured that no corpses fell out of the truck.
(c) To help light the way for the truck.
(d) To help them at their destination.

3. What did Vacek order to be done with the tea that the prisoners were to drink?
(a) Have it thrown into the gully-drain.
(b) It was to be used for the evening's bath.
(c) Have it thrown into the men's faces.
(d) It would be sent back to be used the next day.

4. Who did Filip notice in the front rank of the Sonderkommando group he was in at Birkenau?
(a) Vicek.
(b) Mietek.
(c) Bruck.
(d) Fischl.

5. What was the rank of a Rottenfuhrer?
(a) Captain.
(b) Lance Corporal.
(c) Sergeant Major.
(d) Sergeant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Schlage?

2. What happened to the people who attempted to escape the Polish ghettos?

3. Who pretended to be a representative of the Foreign Ministry to a crowd of people about to be gassed to death?

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

5. What was the ultimate fate of the prisoners that Vacek pulled out of the ranks?

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