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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 men do as the prisoners from the Family Camp began to sing as they were pushed towards the gas chambers?
(a) Taped their mouths shut.
(b) Began to sing with them.
(c) Continued to beat the prisoners.
(d) Machine-gunned the last few to enter.

2. How long did Filip live in Block 11 in Auschwitz before being sent to Birkenau?
(a) Three years.
(b) A year.
(c) Fourteen months.
(d) Six months.

3. What genre does the story fall into?
(a) Mystery.
(b) Memoir.
(c) Biography.
(d) Novel.

4. What did Maurice and Filip do with the crowbars and hammers Stark gave them?
(a) Damage the fire-brick lining.
(b) Open the gates of the oven.
(c) Attack Stark.
(d) LIft the corpses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Sonderkommando who told a woman in the crowd they were all to be exterminated?

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

3. What worried Filip so much about a cut on his pinkie finger?

4. As Filip waited for the return of Vacek and the others, what did he most fear might happen to him?

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

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