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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. What was the rank of a Rottenfuhrer?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Captain.
(c) Sergeant Major.
(d) Lance Corporal.

2. What did the author overhear the prisoner next to him saying in Chapter 1?
(a) Mumbles of disbelief at the happenings.
(b) Nonsensical mumbling.
(c) Curses at the Germans.
(d) Prayers to God to save him.

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

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

5. What genre does the story fall into?
(a) Mystery.
(b) Novel.
(c) Memoir.
(d) Biography.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Filip imagine might be done to him if they tied his hands behind his back?

2. What was Filip ordered to do to the dead bodies in the cremation room?

3. As Filip waited for the return of Vacek and the others, what did he most fear might happen to him?

4. What was the view for the prisoners when they were moved from the dungeon to Cell 13?

5. What did Vacek do to the prisoner who was mumbling next to Muller?

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