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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 a Kapo?
2. What was the ultimate fate of the prisoners that Vacek pulled out of the ranks?
3. What did Vacek order to be done with the tea that the prisoners were to drink?
4. What worried Filip so much about a cut on his pinkie finger?
5. What was compulsory on a Sunday afternoon?
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. Why did the lawyer standing next to Muller begin to complain?
3. What caught Filip's attention as he gulped down the tea from the vat with Maurice?
4. What plan did Filip's bunk mate have in order to quench their thirst?
5. What did Filip wonder about Stark as he thought of the man's actions at the camp?
6. Why were Filip and the others terrified as Aumeier and Grabner went from cell to cell in Block 11?
7. When Filip became a crematorium worker, what did he realize was his only chance of staying alive?
8. Explain the orders Vacek gave to the prisoners in the yard of Block 11.
9. What was "sport" at Auschwitz?
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
The prisoners in the Family Camp refuse to defend themselves when they twice learn that they will be gassed.
1) Why would these people not want to fight for their lives if they knew they were going to die anyway?
2) Explain the thinking amongst the people in the camp.
3) Include some history as to what brought them to this point.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What do you think Filip Muller's reasons are for writing this book? How might his reasons for writing the book relate to his suicide attempt in the gas chamber? Do you believe those reasons to be valid? Why or why not?
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