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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Into the Crematorium.

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. What worried Filip so much about a cut on his pinkie finger?
(a) Bleeding to death.
(b) Ptomaine poisoning.
(c) Tetanus.
(d) Stark seeing his wound.

3. What happened to Filip and the others as they were driven past the town of Auschwitz with the corpses?
(a) They began to have severe panic attacks.
(b) They were given more bread by the driver.
(c) They fell off the truck.
(d) They were pinned down by the corpses' movement.

4. What was Sonderbehandlung?
(a) Lance sergeant.
(b) Penal company.
(c) Selection for extermination.
(d) Secret code word for murdering.

5. What rank was Hauptsternfuhrer Hans Aumeier?
(a) Captain.
(b) General.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Corporal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Vacek force the prisoners to do that he had pulled out of the ranks?

2. What was the ultimate fate of the prisoners that Vacek pulled out of the ranks?

3. After the SS men, Aumeier and Grabner, convened as to the viability of the pit they had driven to, what were the prisoners ordered to do?

4. How long did it take a prisoner's body to burn in the oven?

5. What was a Kapo?

(see the answer key)

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