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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 people who were machine-gunned and gassed in Chapter 3 pay a lot of money to the Gestapo for?
(a) Immigration to Paraguay.
(b) An escape to Switzerland.
(c) A comfortable train ride to Auschwitz.
(d) Imprisonment instead of death.

2. After the SS men, Aumeier and Grabner, convened as to the viability of the pit they had driven to, what were the prisoners ordered to do?
(a) Take a short nap.
(b) Throw the corpses into the pit.
(c) Dig a bigger pit.
(d) Go back to the camp.

3. What was Filip's friend, the last of seven from his hometown of Sered, planning to do at the time he learned of the plan to inform the Family Camp of their impending death?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Organize some gold.
(c) Escape.
(d) Bribe an officer.

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

5. When half of the crowd at the end of Chapter 3 were behind the door of the crematorium, what was the other half, still dressed, doing?
(a) Praying aloud the same prayers.
(b) Protesting to the SS.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Whispering to each other about an escape plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Filip live in Block 11 in Auschwitz before being sent to Birkenau?

2. What prisoner, experienced in organizing conspiracies, was transferred back to Auschwitz?

3. What did Maurice and Filip do with the crowbars and hammers Stark gave them?

4. Where did Stark bring Maurice and Filip after they were caught stealing tea?

5. What is the name of the town that Filip Muller is from?

(see the answer key)

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