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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. Why were the prisoners who were forced to participate in the preparations for the exterminations separated into two groups at first?
(a) To prevent detailed knowledge of the methods being used.
(b) In case some of them died.
(c) To give them intimate knowledge of the methods being used.
(d) To separate men from women.

2. When hundred of prisoners were beaten and ordered to undress in the yard, what did Fischl do?
(a) Cursed.
(b) Objected.
(c) Cried loudly.
(d) Prayed.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maurice and Filip do with the crowbars and hammers Stark gave them?

2. What was the rank of a Rottenfuhrer?

3. Who did Filip notice in the front rank of the Sonderkommando group he was in at Birkenau?

4. What did the so-called representative of the Foreign Ministry tell the crowd they could not leave without?

5. What was the name of Filip's bunk mate in Chapter 1?

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