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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Family Camp react to the news that they would be gassed?
(a) WIth panic and alarm.
(b) With disbelief.
(c) WIth prayers to God.
(d) With resignation.

2. What did Johann Gorges' nickname, Moische Borak, mean?
(a) Ugly man.
(b) Stonewall faced.
(c) Beetroot face.
(d) Evil one.

3. Who did Filip notice in the front rank of the Sonderkommando group he was in at Birkenau?
(a) Fischl.
(b) Mietek.
(c) Vicek.
(d) Bruck.

4. Why were the prisoners of the Sonderkommando at first kept away from the last group of prisoners to be killed in Chapter 3?
(a) So they would not have a chance to speak with them.
(b) There were not enough people to warrant their involvement.
(c) The sight was too gruesome.
(d) To ensure the safety of the prisoners.

5. What was a "mussulman"?
(a) The prisoners who grew muscular from carrying heavy loads.
(b) A prisoner who had lost the will to live.
(c) A rank of officer.
(d) The kind of fish the SS men ate at dinner.

6. How did Filip know Alfred Wetzler?
(a) From Auschwitz.
(b) From school.
(c) From the crematorium.
(d) From the Jewish ghetto.

7. How did the Sonderkommando's doctor's wife try to follow him as he was being deported?
(a) She joined a crowd marked with the Star of David.
(b) She clung to his legs and was dragged along.
(c) She sewed a Star of David onto her coat.
(d) She bribed an SS man.

8. What did the contents of the note that Voss received in Chapter 4 tell him to do?
(a) Gas the inmates of the Family Camp.
(b) Release the inmates of the Family Camp.
(c) Deconstruct the Family Camp the following week.
(d) Make room for the arrival of another Family.

9. How long did Filip live in Block 11 in Auschwitz before being sent to Birkenau?
(a) Fourteen months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Six months.
(d) A year.

10. In Chapter 3, when a crowd of 1,000 people undressed, what did they begin to do when they realized they would be killed?
(a) Cried and prayed silently.
(b) Threw their clothing at the German soldiers.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They began to dress again.

11. What was Filip's friend, the last of seven from his hometown of Sered, planning to do at the time he learned of the plan to inform the Family Camp of their impending death?
(a) Organize some gold.
(b) Bribe an officer.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Escape.

12. What weaponry had Filip's group acquired as of the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Hand grenades, revolvers and pistols.
(b) Shotguns and pistols.
(c) Knives and hand grenades.
(d) Machine guns, hand grenades and revolvers.

13. What happened to Daniel Obstbaum?
(a) He escaped with Fero Langer.
(b) He bribed Dobrowolny, an old schoolmate.
(c) He was given a week's special leave.
(d) He was shot trying to escape.

14. When half of the crowd at the end of Chapter 3 were behind the door of the crematorium, what was the other half, still dressed, doing?
(a) Praying aloud the same prayers.
(b) Protesting to the SS.
(c) Whispering to each other about an escape plan.
(d) Nothing.

15. What was an SS-Oberaufseherin?
(a) Platoon sergeant.
(b) First lieutenant.
(c) Working team.
(d) Head wardress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a Volksdeutscher?

2. While Filip was in the gas chamber, who did he look up to find surrounding him?

3. As Filip considered what his life would be like if he survived the war, he thought of running into the FS men. Who were they?

4. What did a female prisoner who was slowly stripping off her clothes do?

5. Why was Serge so angry at Dr. Pach for giving medical treatment to prisoners?

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