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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the job of the block clerk?

2. 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?

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

4. What did the SS men give Filip and the others before they boarded the truck holding the dead?

5. What was the name for a prisoner entrusted with special duties by the SS?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was "sport" at Auschwitz?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. What did Filip wonder about Stark as he thought of the man's actions at the camp?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The men in Fischl's group are isolated from the rest of the camp.

1) Explain the Germans' reasoning for this.

2) Describe Filip's realization of this reason.

Essay Topic 2

What brings the members of the Sonderkommando to decide to inform one of the nightly transports of Polish Jews that they are about to be murdered? How does their plan work out? Will they try it again? Explain why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

Describe at least two ironic moments in Chapter 2. Did irony add or take away from this story? Explain your answer.

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