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

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

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

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

5. From what point of view is the story told?
(a) First person.
(b) Second Person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Omnisicient.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Polish name for the town the Germans called Auschwitz?

2. Who was Vacek's second victim to be pulled out of the ranks?

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

4. What happened to the women in Block 10 at Auschwitz?

5. What was Vacek's first victim's handicap?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were the Kapo's incentives to victimize some of the men at the morning exercise?

4. Whose dead body did Filip realize he was taking cheese and matches from in the crematorium in Chapter 2?

5. What caught Filip's attention as he gulped down the tea from the vat with Maurice?

6. What were Filip's thoughts after he and Maurice were caught drinking tea and awaited punishment?

7. What was known as Auschwitz justice as it concerned lice?

8. What did the lawyer in Chapter 1 do that cost him his life?

9. What were the newly arrived prisoners standing outside the crematorium told by the SS men in order to get them to undress calmly?

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

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