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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 was Schlage?
(a) An SS officer watching Vacek.
(b) A relative of Vacek's.
(c) A Nazi General about to arrive.
(d) A prisoner who escaped.

2. What did the word "organize" mean in the camp's slang?
(a) To give orders to prisoners.
(b) To order goods.
(c) To clean.
(d) To steal.

3. Where were Filip and Maurice taken after being caught at the tea vats?
(a) To Vacek's office.
(b) Near the gallows area.
(c) Opposite the blockfuhrer's room.
(d) To the tower with Schlage.

4. How did prisoners have to do their weekly shaving?
(a) With the edges of cutting knives.
(b) With tiny scissors.
(c) With cold water, no soap and blunt razors.
(d) WIthout any water.

5. Where did Stark bring Maurice and Filip after they were caught stealing tea?
(a) The crematorium.
(b) To see Schlage.
(c) The gulley to drink.
(d) The bunks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the job of a block orderly?

2. What was an Unterscharfuhrer?

3. What is the Polish name for the town the Germans called Auschwitz?

4. What was the rank of a Rottenfuhrer?

5. What was compulsory on a Sunday afternoon?

(see the answer key)

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