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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 did the girl, Yana, tell Filip to give to her boyfriend after she was dead?
2. How did the SS treat the members of the Family Camp as they were entering the crematorium yard?
3. What was Auschwitz fashion?
4. Why were the prisoners of the Sonderkommando at first kept away from the last group of prisoners to be killed in Chapter 3?
5. What did the so-called representative of the Foreign Ministry tell the crowd they could not leave without?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the members of the Sonderkommando feel the time had come to convince the other prisoners in the camp to attempt a mass escape in February, 1944?
2. What compeled Filip to enter the gas chamber with the others?
3. How was the rumor that the Family Camp stood under the protection of the International Red Cross dispelled?
4. Why were the prisoners of the Family Camp so confused as they stood in the crematorium facing certain death?
5. Why did the SS decide not to shoot the first load of people from the Family Camp who were in the changing room?
6. What put Filip's mind to rest concerning Mietek being a Kapo at Birkenau?
7. Compare Filip's feelings during his work in the crematorium with his return to the prison camp.
8. How did Filip manage to speak to prisoners awaiting execution?
9. How did Filip feel his life had changed for the better when he was moved to Birkenau?
10. How did Voss decide to deal with the need to have the crematorium ready by 8 am the following morning for the Family Camp?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe at least two ironic moments in Chapter 2. Did irony add or take away from this story? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Compare the Jewish ghetto of Theresienstadt with the Family Camp at Birkenau. Which is a more habitable place in which to live?
Essay Topic 3
During the morning drill of "Caps on! Caps off!", Vacek has the men repeat the drill dozens of times. What is the meaning behind this seemingly senseless drill for Vacek? Explain why Vacek has the men continually repeat the drill.
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