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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. 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) Dig a bigger pit.
(b) Go back to the camp.
(c) Throw the corpses into the pit.
(d) Take a short nap.

2. How long did it take a prisoner's body to burn in the oven?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) One day.
(d) Twenty minutes.

3. How did the Family Camp react to the news that they would be gassed?
(a) WIth panic and alarm.
(b) With disbelief.
(c) WIth prayers to God.
(d) With resignation.

4. 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) It would be sent back to be used the next day.
(d) Have it thrown into the men's faces.

5. What did members of the Family Camp think was happening when, after being warned, there was no violence towards them after a few days?
(a) They were needed to prove the SS were good people.
(b) There was still danger waiting for them.
(c) The SS had changed their minds.
(d) The other prisoners just wanted to involve them in a revolt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Filip "..it is vital that you should see everything, experience everything, go through everything and consciously record everything in your mind"?

2. 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?

3. Who caught Muller at the cauldron of tea?

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

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

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