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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Inferno.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weaponry had Filip's group acquired as of the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Knives and hand grenades.
(b) Machine guns, hand grenades and revolvers.
(c) Shotguns and pistols.
(d) Hand grenades, revolvers and pistols.

2. What did Filip trade with an SS guard in order to get sausage, bread and cigarettes when he had nothing left to barter with in Chapter 5?
(a) Imitation gold coins.
(b) Information on a planned escape.
(c) Diamonds molded from glass.
(d) Fake gold teeth made of brass.

3. What did the green triangle on the uniform of the block clerk, Vacek, signify?
(a) He was a former professional criminal.
(b) He was Jewish.
(c) He was a German soldier.
(d) He was a former Christian who converted to Judaism.

4. What was "Canada" in the camp?
(a) An uncompleted camp where prisoners had no clothing.
(b) Where belongings of Jews were stored.
(c) The area where the SS men ate their meals.
(d) The coldest section of the camp.

5. How many blankets did a prisoner in the block receive?
(a) One blanket was shared by two prisoners.
(b) One and an extra if it was very cold.
(c) None.
(d) One blanket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the quarrel between Mietek and Fischl over?

2. While Filip waited in the gas chamber, who did he learn had committed suicide?

3. While Filip was in the gas chamber, who did he look up to find surrounding him?

4. What was the job of a block orderly?

5. What did some of the Family Camp prisoners shout as they awaited death in the crematorium?

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