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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the midday meal for prisoners?
(a) Bread and water.
(b) Sausage.
(c) Boiled potatoes.
(d) A thin soup.

3. What was compulsory on a Sunday afternoon?
(a) A rest.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Pledges to the fuhrer.
(d) A long hike for exercise.

4. What was Filip ordered to do to the dead bodies in the cremation room?
(a) Bury them.
(b) Strip them of their clothing.
(c) Check to make sure they were dead.
(d) Haul them into a pile.

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

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

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

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

9. What was eventually done with the two groups witnessing and helping with the gassing of prisoners in Chapter 2?
(a) They were further separated into three groups.
(b) They were caught joking about the process.
(c) They were killed and replaced.
(d) They were put together as a crematorium working party.

10. What was the emblem on the side of the truck that took the men back and forth to the mass grave?
(a) A dove.
(b) A skull and crossbones.
(c) The International Red Cross.
(d) The Nazi Swastika.

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

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

13. Why were the prisoners who were forced to participate in the preparations for the exterminations separated into two groups at first?
(a) To separate men from women.
(b) To prevent detailed knowledge of the methods being used.
(c) To give them intimate knowledge of the methods being used.
(d) In case some of them died.

14. 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) Steal another prisoner's water.
(d) Drink the extra bowl of soup he managed to get.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town that Filip Muller is from?

2. Where did Stark bring Maurice and Filip after they were caught stealing tea?

3. What was the job of the block clerk?

4. What was the name of Filip's bunk mate in Chapter 1?

5. What happened to Filip and the others as they were driven past the town of Auschwitz with the corpses?

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