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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Tragedy of the Family Camp.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the SS men believe to be responsible for the fire in the crematorium's chimney?
(a) Stark.
(b) Vacek.
(c) Filip and Maurice.
(d) Three prisoners who had refused to work anymore.

2. How did the SS treat the members of the Family Camp as they were entering the crematorium yard?
(a) With undisguised cruelty.
(b) As though they were in no danger.
(c) WIth dignity.
(d) Fairly.

3. What was the only Polish word that Aumeier learned in order to make himself understood by his victims?
(a) Szybko (faster).
(b) Ide (go).
(c) Psa (dog).
(d) Kota (cat).

4. In Chapter 3, when a crowd of 1,000 people undressed, what did they begin to do when they realized they would be killed?
(a) They began to dress again.
(b) Cried and prayed silently.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Threw their clothing at the German soldiers.

5. When hundred of prisoners were beaten and ordered to undress in the yard, what did Fischl do?
(a) Cried loudly.
(b) Objected.
(c) Cursed.
(d) Prayed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Sonderkommandos have their own hospital?

2. What happened to the people who attempted to escape the Polish ghettos?

3. What was the quarrel between Mietek and Fischl over?

4. Who took over the executions when a young mother threw her murdered child at Voss?

5. Who told Filip "..it is vital that you should see everything, experience everything, go through everything and consciously record everything in your mind"?

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