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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 inmates of Birkenau think the Family Camp was under the protection of?

2. How did the Sonderkommando's doctor's wife try to follow him as he was being deported?

3. How many Red Army prisoners of war were left alive by January, 1945, out of the 13,000 taken?

4. How did the SS treat the members of the Family Camp as they were entering the crematorium yard?

5. Why were the people in the Family Camp asked to write letters to family and friends days before their extermination?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the male prisoners' main motives for wanting to visit the women's camp?

2. How did Filip and others come to realize that members of Birkenau's Sonderkommando who were taken to Lublin had been murdered?

3. During the execution of a mother and her child, why did Voss' underling take over for him?

4. What put Filip's mind to rest concerning Mietek being a Kapo at Birkenau?

5. What is ironic and sad about the scene during which there was a party for Gorges in the crematorium?

6. What was "extermination through labor"?

7. Compare Filip's feelings during his work in the crematorium with his return to the prison camp.

8. What compeled Filip to enter the gas chamber with the others?

9. Why were the prisoners of the Family Camp so confused as they stood in the crematorium facing certain death?

10. How did Filip feel his life had changed for the better when he was moved to Birkenau?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Mietek and Fischl.

Essay Topic 2

The prisoners in the Family Camp refuse to defend themselves when they twice learn that they will be gassed.

1) Why would these people not want to fight for their lives if they knew they were going to die anyway?

2) Explain the thinking amongst the people in the camp.

3) Include some history as to what brought them to this point.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the ways in which Fischl is the leader of the group Filip is in. Determine whether or not he is a fair leader. What characteristics make him fair or unfair?

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