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

2. Where did the SS leader, Schwarzhuber, tell the Family Camp they would be going a few days before they were led to the crematorium?
(a) Theresienstadt.
(b) Sered.
(c) Heydebreck.
(d) Auschwitz.

3. How many times had the prisoners already repeated Vacek's same command at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 120 times.
(b) 30 times.
(c) Twice.
(d) 100 times.

4. Where did the inmates get a supply of dynamite from?
(a) The Union munitions factory.
(b) From dead Russian soldiers.
(c) The SS security closets.
(d) Near the pit excavation sites.

5. What did the 300 Sonderkommando prisoners chosen for extermination do in the crematoria yard in Chapter 5?
(a) Beg for their lives.
(b) Walk slowly to their fate.
(c) Throw stones at the SS guards.
(d) Curse the Kapo who chose them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prisoner, experienced in organizing conspiracies, was transferred back to Auschwitz?

2. What did prisoners Mordowicz and Rosin do?

3. Why were Filip and others made to stand among the crowd in Chapter 3 holding up letters of the alphabet?

4. How long did the process of incineration in the pit take?

5. Why were the prisoners who were forced to participate in the preparations for the exterminations separated into two groups at first?

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