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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Inferno.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the SS men believe to be responsible for the fire in the crematorium's chimney?
(a) Three prisoners who had refused to work anymore.
(b) Vacek.
(c) Filip and Maurice.
(d) Stark.

2. Who was SS-Untersturmfuhrer Max Grabner?
(a) Chief of the crematorium operations.
(b) Master of the main camp.
(c) Chief of the Gestapo's political department.
(d) Top sergeant of the SS.

3. What was an SS-Oberaufseherin?
(a) First lieutenant.
(b) Head wardress.
(c) Platoon sergeant.
(d) Working team.

4. What did the girls in the gas chamber do to Filip?
(a) Asked for his help.
(b) Thanked him for being there.
(c) Hugged him tightly.
(d) Pushed him out the door.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drew Filip near the people of the Family Camp as they were in the changing room?

2. Why did the Sonderkommandos have their own hospital?

3. What was a blockfuhrer?

4. What did the Sonderkommando prisoners purchase with the items they organized?

5. What worried Filip so much about a cut on his pinkie finger?

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