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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Vacek's second victim to be pulled out of the ranks?
(a) A man with thick eyeglasses.
(b) A deaf tailor.
(c) A half-blind singer.
(d) A man whose cap did not fit.

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

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

5. How long did it take a prisoner's body to burn in the oven?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) Twenty minutes.
(d) One day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Schlage?

2. Who caught Muller at the cauldron of tea?

3. What was Sonderbehandlung?

4. As Filip waited for the return of Vacek and the others, what did he most fear might happen to him?

5. What did Filip imagine might be done to him if they tied his hands behind his back?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Filip stood against the wall of the crematorium and contemplated the fate of the hundreds of new prisoners being brought through the gates, what did he ask himself?

2. Describe the midday lunch the men were given in Chapter 1.

3. How did Vacek come to be a block clerk at Auschwitz?

4. What did Vacek do when the men got in line behind the wooden tea vats?

5. Explain the orders Vacek gave to the prisoners in the yard of Block 11.

6. Why did the lawyer standing next to Muller begin to complain?

7. What plan did Filip's bunk mate have in order to quench their thirst?

8. What dream did Filip have the night he and the others finished the burial of the corpses in the pit?

9. When Filip became a crematorium worker, what did he realize was his only chance of staying alive?

10. What new procedure did Filip witness being tried out for the first time in Chapter 2?

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