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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The New Death Factories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the people who were machine-gunned and gassed in Chapter 3 pay a lot of money to the Gestapo for?
(a) Imprisonment instead of death.
(b) Immigration to Paraguay.
(c) A comfortable train ride to Auschwitz.
(d) An escape to Switzerland.

2. How did the Sonderkommando's doctor's wife try to follow him as he was being deported?
(a) She joined a crowd marked with the Star of David.
(b) She bribed an SS man.
(c) She clung to his legs and was dragged along.
(d) She sewed a Star of David onto her coat.

3. What was the view for the prisoners when they were moved from the dungeon to Cell 13?
(a) The guard towers.
(b) The area where executions took place.
(c) The entrace to the women's camp.
(d) A field of grass.

4. What was eventually done with the two groups witnessing and helping with the gassing of prisoners in Chapter 2?
(a) They were killed and replaced.
(b) They were further separated into three groups.
(c) They were put together as a crematorium working party.
(d) They were caught joking about the process.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the job of a block orderly?

2. How long did Filip live in Block 11 in Auschwitz before being sent to Birkenau?

3. From what point of view is the story told?

4. What was the rank of a Rottenfuhrer?

5. Who was the doctor in charge of the Sonderkommando hospital in Birkenau?

(see the answer key)

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