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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the SS men poured the deadly gas crystals into the gas chamber, what did they do?
(a) Put on gas masks.
(b) Turned on the truck engines.
(c) Turned the hot water on for the showers.
(d) Told the people inside to lie down.

2. What did Filip do to quench his thirst on Sunday afternoon?
(a) Drink from puddles on the ground.
(b) Sneak outside with his bunkmate.
(c) Steal another prisoner's water.
(d) Drink the extra bowl of soup he managed to get.

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

4. Who was Fischl?
(a) The inmate who refused to remove a corpse's gold teeth.
(b) The guard in charge of the crematorium.
(c) The inmate who cleaned the oven grates.
(d) One of the SS soldiers.

5. What was Sonderbehandlung?
(a) Secret code word for murdering.
(b) Lance sergeant.
(c) Selection for extermination.
(d) Penal company.

6. What was compulsory on a Sunday afternoon?
(a) Pledges to the fuhrer.
(b) A long hike for exercise.
(c) A rest.
(d) Prayer.

7. What was the job of a block orderly?
(a) Running messages back and forth.
(b) Relaying news to prisoners.
(c) Keeping the block clean and tidy.
(d) Keeping prisoners from fighting.

8. What did Vacek do to the prisoner who was mumbling next to Muller?
(a) Ordered him to the gas chamber.
(b) Reported him to Schlage.
(c) Shot him at point blank range.
(d) Beat him to death.

9. What were Filip and the others ordered to do with the clothing left behind by those just murdered in the crematorium?
(a) Give them to the next crowd coming out.
(b) Sort them into separate piles.
(c) Place them on the dead bodies.
(d) Burn them.

10. What was the rank of a Rottenfuhrer?
(a) Captain.
(b) Sergeant Major.
(c) Lance Corporal.
(d) Sergeant.

11. What did Maurice and Filip do with the crowbars and hammers Stark gave them?
(a) Attack Stark.
(b) LIft the corpses.
(c) Damage the fire-brick lining.
(d) Open the gates of the oven.

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

13. What was Filip ordered to do to the dead bodies in the cremation room?
(a) Check to make sure they were dead.
(b) Strip them of their clothing.
(c) Bury them.
(d) Haul them into a pile.

14. Who was Vacek's second victim to be pulled out of the ranks?
(a) A half-blind singer.
(b) A man whose cap did not fit.
(c) A man with thick eyeglasses.
(d) A deaf tailor.

15. Who was the man muttering to himself in the ranks next to Muller?
(a) A lawyer from Muller's hometown.
(b) A Rabbi that Muller once knew.
(c) Muller's father.
(d) An old school chum of Muller's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the prisoners so concerned about lice?

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

3. What happened to Filip and the others as they were driven past the town of Auschwitz with the corpses?

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

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

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