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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What method do the Nazis use to transport Yanek and others when they are taken from the Krakow ghetto?
(a) Caravan.
(b) On foot.
(c) Truck.
(d) Train.

2. At the end of Chapter 3, what action does Yanek take for the first time?
(a) He doubts his father's word.
(b) He lies.
(c) He doubts his uncle's word.
(d) He curses.

3. Of what type of material is the floor of Yanek's barrack at Birkenau made?
(a) Metal.
(b) Wood.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Mud.

4. Once Yanek finds out where his train is headed in Chapter 15, a man nearby gives Yanek advice about what topic?
(a) Religion.
(b) Grief.
(c) Murder.
(d) The gas chambers.

5. What breed of dog is used by the Nazis in charge of the Plaszow labor camp?
(a) German Shepherd.
(b) Pit Bull.
(c) Rottweiler.
(d) Doberman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the camp storehouse that holds items stolen from Jewish prisoners?

2. One day when Yanek returns to the Plaszow labor camp, he is told that which member of his family is dead?

3. Yanek tells the reader in Chapter 6 that he would trade "a week's worth of rations" (37) for one serving of which food prepared by his mother?

4. Upon arriving at the Trzebinia concentration camp, Yanek vows that he will not be killed without first taking what action?

5. At what age does a young Jewish man prepare to have a bar mitzvah?

(see the answer key)

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