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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. Why did Fischl get so upset with the other prisoners while he recited the Kaddish?

2. What did the word "organize" mean in the camp's slang?

3. Where did Stark bring Maurice and Filip after they were caught stealing tea?

4. What was the job of a block orderly?

5. What was the only Polish word that Aumeier learned in order to make himself understood by his victims?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Filip became a crematorium worker, what did he realize was his only chance of staying alive?

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. What was "sport" at Auschwitz?

8. How did Filip's health deteriorate at the time he was given the job of stripping dead bodies of their clothes?

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

10. What did Vacek do when the men got in line behind the wooden tea vats?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the escape plans of the Resistance in the general camp prison population differ from the plans of the Sonderkommando group? What are the reasons for the two groups having differing opinions as to when they should attempt an escape? Why do they differ?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1 - What are the reactions to the lawyer from Sered complaining to Schlage?

Part 2 - Explain the reactions and possible feelings amongst the prisoners.

Part 3 - Delve into how Schlage reacts to the man.

Part 4 - Express Vacek's feelings when Schlage orders him to kill the man.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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