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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. What did the SS threaten the prisoners of the Family Camp with after a few of them rushed toward the doors and were killed?
(a) Machine guns.
(b) Small-bore rifles.
(c) Electrocution.
(d) Torture.

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

3. Why were the prisoners of the Sonderkommando at first kept away from the last group of prisoners to be killed in Chapter 3?
(a) So they would not have a chance to speak with them.
(b) There were not enough people to warrant their involvement.
(c) The sight was too gruesome.
(d) To ensure the safety of the prisoners.

4. While Filip waited in the gas chamber, who did he learn had committed suicide?
(a) Fredi Hirsch.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Langer.
(d) Daniel Ostbaum.

5. What were the people in the crematorium killed with?
(a) Machine guns.
(b) Poison gas.
(c) Lethal injections.
(d) Electric shocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, when a crowd of 1,000 people undressed, what did they begin to do when they realized they would be killed?

2. Why was Roehrig, a block senior, transferred to a penal company?

3. Why were the people in the Family Camp asked to write letters to family and friends days before their extermination?

4. Filip had one regret as he stood in the gas chamber, ready to die. What was it?

5. What did a female prisoner who was slowly stripping off her clothes do?

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