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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a Kapo?
(a) A prisoner in charge of a working party.
(b) The officer in command.
(c) A German citizen.
(d) The German officer who kept the peace among prisoners.

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

3. What size was the cell that Filip and the others were brought to at the end of their eventful day in Chapter 2?
(a) Three paces long by three paces wide.
(b) As large as the crematorium.
(c) There was no way to tell.
(d) Eight feet by ten feet.

4. What genre does the story fall into?
(a) Memoir.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Biography.
(d) Novel.

5. What was one of Vacek's commands to the lined-up prisoners in the yard of Block 11?
(a) "Caps off!"
(b) "Attention!"
(c) "Forward march!"
(d) "Silence now!"

6. Why did Fischl get so upset with the other prisoners while he recited the Kaddish?
(a) The others were eating while he prayed.
(b) They talked while he tried to pray.
(c) The others made fun of him.
(d) He couldn't remember the words.

7. Before the SS men poured the deadly gas crystals into the gas chamber, what did they do?
(a) Put on gas masks.
(b) Turned the hot water on for the showers.
(c) Turned on the truck engines.
(d) Told the people inside to lie down.

8. Why did a prisoner approach Schlage as Schlage looked over the ranks of men?
(a) To complain about Vacek's murders.
(b) He asked for more food for the men.
(c) To show him his wounds.
(d) To beg for mercy.

9. Where were Filip and Maurice taken after being caught at the tea vats?
(a) Near the gallows area.
(b) To Vacek's office.
(c) Opposite the blockfuhrer's room.
(d) To the tower with Schlage.

10. What was the name for a prisoner entrusted with special duties by the SS?
(a) Scharfuhrer.
(b) Oberaufseherin.
(c) Kapo.
(d) Funktionshaftling.

11. What did the SS men give Filip and the others before they boarded the truck holding the dead?
(a) A treasured cookie.
(b) Bread rations.
(c) Lashing with a whip.
(d) Orders to be still.

12. What is the Polish name for the town the Germans called Auschwitz?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Krakow.
(c) Oswieczim.
(d) Augustow.

13. What was Vacek's first victim's handicap?
(a) His right hand was paralyzed.
(b) He had a limp.
(c) He was partially deaf.
(d) He was missing his right leg.

14. What did a Block Senior receive as a reward for making prisoners keep the block clean?
(a) A reprieve from death.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) No beatings.
(d) An extra portion of soup.

15. What did Filip do to quench his thirst on Sunday afternoon?
(a) Sneak outside with his bunkmate.
(b) Drink from puddles on the ground.
(c) Drink the extra bowl of soup he managed to get.
(d) Steal another prisoner's water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the women in Block 10 at Auschwitz?

2. Who was Schlage?

3. Who was SS-Untersturmfuhrer Max Grabner?

4. What did Vacek force the prisoners to do that he had pulled out of the ranks?

5. How many times had the prisoners already repeated Vacek's same command at the beginning of Chapter 1?

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