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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. 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?
2. Where were Filip and Maurice taken after being caught at the tea vats?
3. Why did Fischl get so upset with the other prisoners while he recited the Kaddish?
4. What was the view for the prisoners when they were moved from the dungeon to Cell 13?
5. What was the job of the block clerk?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the lawyer in Chapter 1 do that cost him his life?
2. What was "sport" at Auschwitz?
3. How did Filip's health deteriorate at the time he was given the job of stripping dead bodies of their clothes?
4. What did Vacek do when the men got in line behind the wooden tea vats?
5. How did Vacek come to be a block clerk at Auschwitz?
6. What dream did Filip have the night he and the others finished the burial of the corpses in the pit?
7. What was known as Auschwitz justice as it concerned lice?
8. What did Filip wonder about Stark as he thought of the man's actions at the camp?
9. 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?
10. Describe the cell that Filip and the others were taken to after they had put the corpses into the pit.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the characters of Mietek and Fischl.
Essay Topic 2
Based upon the deceits and cover-ups that the SS use in their daily interactions with inmates, is it all just a game being played by them? If so, do they enjoy it? Do any of the SS seem to care about the fate of the inmates? If so, which ones?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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