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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What substance is found to have been placed within the wounds of the man claiming to have the last name of Finkelstein?
(a) Salt.
(b) Salve.
(c) Motor oil.
(d) Lemon juice.

2. Which member of Yanek's family is he overjoyed to locate within the Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Sala.
(b) Mina.
(c) Uncle Abraham.
(d) Uncle Moshe.

3. What is NOT something Yanek associates with his formerly safe and happy self?
(a) Science.
(b) Bicycle rides.
(c) Books.
(d) American movies.

4. What is NOT a physical characteristic of the prisoner who steps in to help Yanek support the weight of his fellow prisoner on the trip from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?
(a) He has a grizzled beard.
(b) He has sunken and bloodshot eyes.
(c) He wears eyeglasses.
(d) He has deep cracks in his face.

5. When Yanek arrives at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Chapter 24, it is his seventh concentration camp in "less than" how many "years" (196)?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the long train journey Yanek experiences in Chapter 15, he wakes up to discover that what event has taken place?

2. When Yanek helps a fellow prisoner to continue on with the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen, what body part of the prisoner's does Yanek prop up onto his own body?

3. What method of transportation do Yanek and the other prisoners use to reach the Sachsenhausen concentration camp?

4. Which nationality is not named in Yanek's portrait of the prisoners who begin singing Jewish songs in many different languages?

5. How many barrels for collecting human waste are allocated to 500 prisoners at Birkenau?

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