1. Where does the author of the book travel in a "prison car" with small peepholes?
(a) To Switzerland.
(b) To Auschwitz.
(c) Past his hometown.
(d) Through Germany.

2. How does the author describe the Capos?
(a) "Many Capos fared better in camp than they had in their entire lives."
(b) "The Capos were miserable, knowing that they had betrayed their people."
(c) "The Capos lived in fear, knowing that they could be stripped of their privileges at any moment."
(d) "The Capos enjoyed life in the prisons, and took pleasure in the humiliation of others."

3. What job do those who greet the prisoners as they arrive to the concentration camp do?
(a) They separate the sick from the fit.
(b) They find prisoners who are willing to lie about their identities.
(c) They decide which women are not strong enough to work.
(d) They take charge of the belongings of the new arrivals.

4. How did prisoners experience beauty?
(a) They discussed beautiful art that they had seen outside the camp.
(b) Their lives were too focused on primitive needs to worry about such things.
(c) The SS officers made light of their lack of sensibility when surrounded by beauty in nature.
(d) They experienced it intensely.

5. Who does the author claim entertained thoughts of suicide in the concentration camp?
(a) The author notes that nearly all of the prisoners entertained these thoughts.
(b) The author claims these thoughts were particularly common among men.
(c) The author writes that suicide was most common when it was snowing.
(d) He notes there was a high suicide rate among the Capos.