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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. Why was the technique thought up by the Kommandofuhrers and known as "express work" originally used?
(a) To burn bodies more quickly.
(b) To save coke.
(c) To cut down on the men needed for the work.
(d) It was done on the fastest train running.

2. What were the people in the crematorium killed with?
(a) Electric shocks.
(b) Poison gas.
(c) Machine guns.
(d) Lethal injections.

3. What was the job of the block clerk?
(a) To count all of the gold teeth coming into the camp.
(b) To block prisoner's movements around the camp.
(c) To record data and movements of prisoners.
(d) To keep track of the spending of money.

4. What was a Volksdeutscher?
(a) A follower of Hitler.
(b) An ethnic German.
(c) A person born and bred in Germany.
(d) A believer in the German tradition.

5. Where were the ashes of the burnt corpses thrown?
(a) The Vah river.
(b) The Vistula river.
(c) The Danube river.
(d) The Oravska dam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Filip notice in the front rank of the Sonderkommando group he was in at Birkenau?

2. What did the statement, "he has gone to the wire" refer to?

3. What was the midday meal for prisoners?

4. What was the name for a prisoner entrusted with special duties by the SS?

5. What was the view for the prisoners when they were moved from the dungeon to Cell 13?

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