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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 gave Filip some solace as his father's remains were burned in the crematorium?
2. What was a Kapo?
3. Who was Schlage?
4. What did Filip and the others throw on top of the mountain of bodies in the pit?
5. What did a Block Senior receive as a reward for making prisoners keep the block clean?
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. What did Filip wonder about Stark as he thought of the man's actions at the camp?
3. What did the lawyer in Chapter 1 do that cost him his life?
4. Describe the midday lunch the men were given in Chapter 1.
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. What dream did Filip have the night he and the others finished the burial of the corpses in the pit?
8. What were Filip's thoughts after he and Maurice were caught drinking tea and awaited punishment?
9. What did Vacek do when the men got in line behind the wooden tea vats?
10. How did Filip's health deteriorate at the time he was given the job of stripping dead bodies of their clothes?
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
The SS men have a particular way of ensuring that prisoners set for extermination are not aware of what is about to happen to them.
How do the Germans achieve this ruse?
Why do the prisoners believe them?
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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