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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Polish Jew and his family were shipped to Treblinka in November 1942, and within the hour all of his family was killed except him?
(a) Berek Rojzman.
(b) Joe Siedlecki.
(c) Richard Glazar.
(d) Karel Unger.

2. For the planned Treblinka uprising, who was another targeted SS officer for death by the prisoners, besides Mentz?
(a) Allers.
(b) Miete.
(c) Stangl.
(d) Hartl.

3. Pan Zabecki worked at the Treblinka railway station but he was also part of the underground movement for what government?
(a) German.
(b) Russian.
(c) French.
(d) Polish.

4. What is the name of the Polish diplomat who wrote a book about Pope Pius XII, entitled "Pius XII a Polski 1939-1949?"
(a) Schneider.
(b) Zygielbojm.
(c) Papee.
(d) Faulhaber.

5. In the diagram for Treblinka there are labels for three camps, death, living and ____?
(a) Women and Children.
(b) Work.
(c) Reception.
(d) Medical.

6. What is the name of the possible Nazi escape network mentioned by a son seeking help for his father during his father's trial?
(a) HIAG.
(b) Odessey.
(c) Bund.
(d) Odessa.

7. According to Stangl who invented the "system" of nakedness, whippings and 'cattle pens' to exterminate the Jews efficiently?
(a) Globocnik.
(b) Himmler.
(c) Reichleitner.
(d) Wirth.

8. What kind of passport did the Bishop give Stangl when helping him escape through Rome?
(a) Red Cross.
(b) Russian.
(c) U.N.
(d) Australian.

9. With what Gregorian University professor did the author discuss the Holy See and National Socialism?
(a) Father Mario.
(b) Professor Mayer.
(c) Monsieur Papee.
(d) Father Schneider.

10. How long was the round trip from the flat to prison when Stangl's wife said she took him food parcels?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

11. What was the age of the oldest child sharing the railway station at Treblinka with Pan Zabecki and his family?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

12. What is the name of the concentration camp near Lublin where an engineer was sent that used to help Pan count railway cars?
(a) Gross Rosen.
(b) Majdanek.
(c) Auschwitz (Birkenau).
(d) Stutthof.

13. The author stayed with a camp survivor and his family at their farmhouse in Switzerland in what year?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1968.

14. Jewish Socialist Bund leader Szmul Zygielbojm escaped from where, after his wife and children were killed, before broadcasting the horrors of Jewish extermination as a witness on the BBC?
(a) Germany.
(b) Austria.
(c) Poland.
(d) Russia.

15. In what year did the Vatican begin publication of the volumes containing a variety of documents related to events occurring between 1939 and 1945?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1973.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the young Hungarian girl who worked at a library and stayed at the family's flat in Wels for a time?

2. Zhelo Bloch had been in charge of the military part of the planned revolt at Treblinka but after being sent away this responsibility went to whom?

3. When in 1942 did Stangl order the construction of the fake railway station at Treblinka?

4. In what year did Stangl say he escaped from prison?

5. What camp survivor lives in Switzerland in a farmhouse with his family, according to the author?

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