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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Alfred L. paid for cleaning the Polish workers' pots?
(a) Extra shirt once a month.
(b) Shoes once a month.
(c) Half a ration of bread daily.
(d) Half a ladleful of soup daily.

2. What was the highest number of sacks of cement Elias Lindzin could carry at a time?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. In Chapter 12, what was the first language of the camp?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Polish.
(d) Yiddish.

4. In Chapter 13, how many minutes did it take for the SS to sort through a hut of 200 men during the selection?
(a) 3-4 minutes.
(b) 5-6 minutes.
(c) 2-3 minutes.
(d) 7-8 minutes.

5. To what Kommando was Alfred L. assigned?
(a) Chemical.
(b) Latrine.
(c) Iron.
(d) Kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the pot with the ration weigh in Chapter 11?

2. How many days did it take Levi to steel and reconstruct a broom in Chapter 16?

3. Who were the "mussulmans"?

4. In Chapter 15, what nationalities were selected for the chemical laboratory?

5. In Chapter 17, how many other men were in the room where Levi was sent in the infirmary?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were most of the non-Jewish Prominents?

2. In Chapter 13, what did the coming of winter mean?

3. Why would the Poles keep the knowledge that a selection was imminent to themselves?

4. How did Jean make himself indispensable to Alex in Chapter 11?

5. Who were the Prominents?

6. In Chapter 12, when and from where did convoys begin to arrive?

7. Why did Levi compare the camp to an experiment?

8. How was the camp evacuated in Chapter 17?

9. What was "Operation File"?

10. Who was the head of the Chemical Kommando?

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