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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. 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. What did the prisoners of the ash team do as they worked?
(a) Prayed silently.
(b) Whistled.
(c) Spoke of their backgrounds to one another.
(d) Sang cheerful songs.

3. What did Vacek do to the prisoner who was mumbling next to Muller?
(a) Beat him to death.
(b) Ordered him to the gas chamber.
(c) Shot him at point blank range.
(d) Reported him to Schlage.

4. What was the inscription on the camp gate?
(a) "Heil Hitler."
(b) "Work Is Good For the Soul."
(c) "Work liberates."
(d) "Camp Auschwitz."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Filip imagine might be done to him if they tied his hands behind his back?

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

3. Why were the prisoners so concerned about lice?

4. What did a few prisoners do in the event that an uprising was a failure?

5. Where did the majority of the people in the Family Camp come from?

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