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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. When the Nazis invaded Bohemia and Moravia in 1939, where were the Jews first removed from?
(a) Shops.
(b) The Civil Service.
(c) Swimming baths.
(d) Their homes.

2. Why was the uprising suddenly called off?
(a) It was never found out why.
(b) The partisans were being inspected by the Gestapo.
(c) There were problems with the Canada team.
(d) The weather had turned.

3. Why was Serge so angry at Dr. Pach for giving medical treatment to prisoners?
(a) He believed all prisoners were faking it.
(b) He wanted Dr. Pach's job.
(c) He had been beaten because the sick rate was too high.
(d) He was sick and had not been treated.

4. What was the ultimate fate of the prisoners that Vacek pulled out of the ranks?
(a) They were sent to the gas chamber.
(b) They were shot on the spot.
(c) They were fed to increase their strength.
(d) They were beaten to death with truncheons.

5. Why were the prisoners of the Sonderkommando sent to live in the crematoria?
(a) So they would be right where they were needed.
(b) As a whim of Moll's.
(c) To end contact with the rest of the camp.
(d) To treat them better than the others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the SS men so concerned when they saw the bodies in the pit in the daylight?

2. What did the SS begin to burn in the crematorium ovens as the Soviet army drew closer to the camp?

3. What did the SS men give Filip and the others before they boarded the truck holding the dead?

4. Why did Filip believe he would be one of the first Sonderkommando members to be killed?

5. What did the SS men do as the prisoners from the Family Camp began to sing as they were pushed towards the gas chambers?

(see the answer key)

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