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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Tragedy of the Family Camp.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were Filip and others made to stand among the crowd in Chapter 3 holding up letters of the alphabet?
(a) So the SS would know who each person was according to their name.
(b) To identify the bodies after the gassing.
(c) To make them believe they would be waiting for the train according to their name.
(d) To call each group of prisoners into the crematorium by last name.

2. What did the SS threaten the prisoners of the Family Camp with after a few of them rushed toward the doors and were killed?
(a) Small-bore rifles.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Electrocution.
(d) Torture.

3. What was one of Vacek's commands to the lined-up prisoners in the yard of Block 11?
(a) "Attention!"
(b) "Silence now!"
(c) "Forward march!"
(d) "Caps off!"

4. Why did Fischl get so upset with the other prisoners while he recited the Kaddish?
(a) The others were eating while he prayed.
(b) The others made fun of him.
(c) They talked while he tried to pray.
(d) He couldn't remember the words.

5. What was the only Polish word that Aumeier learned in order to make himself understood by his victims?
(a) Psa (dog).
(b) Kota (cat).
(c) Szybko (faster).
(d) Ide (go).

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Schlage?

2. What was an Unterscharfuhrer?

3. What did Vacek order to be done with the tea that the prisoners were to drink?

4. What was the name for a prisoner entrusted with special duties by the SS?

5. What did members of the Family Camp think was happening when, after being warned, there was no violence towards them after a few days?

(see the answer key)

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