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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Vacek do to the prisoner who was mumbling next to Muller?
(a) Ordered him to the gas chamber.
(b) Reported him to Schlage.
(c) Beat him to death.
(d) Shot him at point blank range.

3. What was the only Polish word that Aumeier learned in order to make himself understood by his victims?
(a) Psa (dog).
(b) Kota (cat).
(c) Szybko (faster).
(d) Ide (go).

4. Who did the SS men believe to be responsible for the fire in the crematorium's chimney?
(a) Filip and Maurice.
(b) Stark.
(c) Three prisoners who had refused to work anymore.
(d) Vacek.

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

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

7. What did Vacek order to be done with the tea that the prisoners were to drink?
(a) Have it thrown into the men's faces.
(b) It was to be used for the evening's bath.
(c) It would be sent back to be used the next day.
(d) Have it thrown into the gully-drain.

8. What did Filip and the others throw on top of the mountain of bodies in the pit?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Chlorinated lime.
(c) The clothes of the dead.
(d) Dirty snow.

9. After the SS men, Aumeier and Grabner, convened as to the viability of the pit they had driven to, what were the prisoners ordered to do?
(a) Take a short nap.
(b) Go back to the camp.
(c) Dig a bigger pit.
(d) Throw the corpses into the pit.

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

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

12. When hundred of prisoners were beaten and ordered to undress in the yard, what did Fischl do?
(a) Objected.
(b) Prayed.
(c) Cursed.
(d) Cried loudly.

13. What was the job of a block orderly?
(a) Keeping the block clean and tidy.
(b) Keeping prisoners from fighting.
(c) Relaying news to prisoners.
(d) Running messages back and forth.

14. 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 has gone to a better place.
(c) His father did not suffer.
(d) A teammate recited Kaddish.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were Filip and the others ordered to do with the clothing left behind by those just murdered in the crematorium?

3. Before the SS men poured the deadly gas crystals into the gas chamber, what did they do?

4. What was a blockfuhrer?

5. What did the author overhear the prisoner next to him saying in Chapter 1?

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