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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the green triangle on the uniform of the block clerk, Vacek, signify?
(a) He was Jewish.
(b) He was a former Christian who converted to Judaism.
(c) He was a former professional criminal.
(d) He was a German soldier.

2. What rank was Hauptsternfuhrer Hans Aumeier?
(a) Corporal.
(b) General.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Captain.

3. What is the Polish name for the town the Germans called Auschwitz?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Oswieczim.
(c) Augustow.
(d) Krakow.

4. Why were the prisoners so concerned about lice?
(a) The itching was unbearable.
(b) One infected louse could cause typhus and death.
(c) Prisoners would be made to eat the lice.
(d) A prisoner with lice would be put in boiling hot water.

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

6. What did the SS men give Filip and the others before they boarded the truck holding the dead?
(a) A treasured cookie.
(b) Lashing with a whip.
(c) Bread rations.
(d) Orders to be still.

7. What was an Unterscharfuhrer?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) General.
(c) Block clerk.
(d) Corporal.

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

9. Why did Filip assume that a car with its headlamps on was driving behind the truck with the prisoners and the corpses?
(a) To be assured that no corpses fell out of the truck.
(b) To help light the way for the truck.
(c) To help them at their destination.
(d) To make sure the weary prisoners did not escape in the night.

10. What was the title given to Filip's working party by Stark?
(a) Fischl Team.
(b) Jews.
(c) Muller People.
(d) Auschwitz Army.

11. After the SS men, Aumeier and Grabner, convened as to the viability of the pit they had driven to, what were the prisoners ordered to do?
(a) Take a short nap.
(b) Dig a bigger pit.
(c) Go back to the camp.
(d) Throw the corpses into the pit.

12. Why did a prisoner approach Schlage as Schlage looked over the ranks of men?
(a) To beg for mercy.
(b) He asked for more food for the men.
(c) To show him his wounds.
(d) To complain about Vacek's murders.

13. What was the emblem on the side of the truck that took the men back and forth to the mass grave?
(a) A skull and crossbones.
(b) A dove.
(c) The Nazi Swastika.
(d) The International Red Cross.

14. What was the midday meal for prisoners?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Boiled potatoes.
(c) A thin soup.
(d) Bread and water.

15. Why were the SS men so concerned when they saw the bodies in the pit in the daylight?
(a) The bodies were extremely slippery.
(b) The bodies were swollen and hard to look at.
(c) The water in the pit was rising and the bodies were not buried.
(d) They didn't think Filip and the others were stong enough to bury the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the rank of a Rottenfuhrer?

2. What did the statement, "he has gone to the wire" refer to?

3. Where did Stark bring Maurice and Filip after they were caught stealing tea?

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

5. What was the ultimate fate of the prisoners that Vacek pulled out of the ranks?

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