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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why were the prisoners so concerned about lice?
(a) One infected louse could cause typhus and death.
(b) The itching was unbearable.
(c) A prisoner with lice would be put in boiling hot water.
(d) Prisoners would be made to eat the lice.

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

4. Why were the SS men so concerned when they saw the bodies in the pit in the daylight?
(a) The bodies were extremely slippery.
(b) The bodies were swollen and hard to look at.
(c) They didn't think Filip and the others were stong enough to bury the dead.
(d) The water in the pit was rising and the bodies were not buried.

5. What happened to Filip and the others as they were driven past the town of Auschwitz with the corpses?
(a) They were pinned down by the corpses' movement.
(b) They fell off the truck.
(c) They began to have severe panic attacks.
(d) They were given more bread by the driver.

6. Why did Filip assume that a car with its headlamps on was driving behind the truck with the prisoners and the corpses?
(a) To help light the way for the truck.
(b) To help them at their destination.
(c) To make sure the weary prisoners did not escape in the night.
(d) To be assured that no corpses fell out of the truck.

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

8. What was an Unterscharfuhrer?
(a) Corporal.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) General.
(d) Block clerk.

9. How did prisoners have to do their weekly shaving?
(a) With the edges of cutting knives.
(b) With tiny scissors.
(c) With cold water, no soap and blunt razors.
(d) WIthout any water.

10. As Filip waited for the return of Vacek and the others, what did he most fear might happen to him?
(a) Sport in the yard.
(b) Being struck on his bare buttocks.
(c) Being starved.
(d) Being castrated.

11. What did Vacek force the prisoners to do that he had pulled out of the ranks?
(a) Run, following commands, or get beaten.
(b) The work of the other prisoners.
(c) 100 push ups.
(d) Crawl to the infirmary.

12. What gave Filip some solace as his father's remains were burned in the crematorium?
(a) He knew that he had helped him all he could.
(b) His father did not suffer.
(c) His father has gone to a better place.
(d) A teammate recited Kaddish.

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

14. What was the quarrel between Mietek and Fischl over?
(a) Who worked the hardest.
(b) The food rations.
(c) Who should be Kapo.
(d) Whether prayers could be said.

15. What is the name of the town that Filip Muller is from?
(a) Trencin.
(b) Trnava.
(c) Sered.
(d) Presburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the emblem on the side of the truck that took the men back and forth to the mass grave?

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

3. What was the inscription on the camp gate?

4. How long did it take a prisoner's body to burn in the oven?

5. Who was SS-Untersturmfuhrer Max Grabner?

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