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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the SS men believe to be responsible for the fire in the crematorium's chimney?

2. What genre does the story fall into?

3. What did Filip and the others throw on top of the mountain of bodies in the pit?

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

5. Before the SS men poured the deadly gas crystals into the gas chamber, what did they do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose dead body did Filip realize he was taking cheese and matches from in the crematorium in Chapter 2?

2. Besides the gas chamber, what other means of mass murder were used at Auschwitz?

3. What did Vacek do when the men got in line behind the wooden tea vats?

4. What caught Filip's attention as he gulped down the tea from the vat with Maurice?

5. When Filip became a crematorium worker, what did he realize was his only chance of staying alive?

6. As Filip stood against the wall of the crematorium and contemplated the fate of the hundreds of new prisoners being brought through the gates, what did he ask himself?

7. Describe the cell that Filip and the others were taken to after they had put the corpses into the pit.

8. What did the lawyer in Chapter 1 do that cost him his life?

9. Describe the midday lunch the men were given in Chapter 1.

10. What was known as Auschwitz justice as it concerned lice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the morning drill of "Caps on! Caps off!", Vacek has the men repeat the drill dozens of times. What is the meaning behind this seemingly senseless drill for Vacek? Explain why Vacek has the men continually repeat the drill.

Essay Topic 2

The men in Fischl's group are isolated from the rest of the camp.

1) Explain the Germans' reasoning for this.

2) Describe Filip's realization of this reason.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast SS men Voss and Moll as people in charge of the crematoria and the Sonderkommando.

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