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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 name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the camp storehouse that holds items stolen from Jewish prisoners?
(a) Canada.
(b) Peru.
(c) California.
(d) Panama.

2. When Yanek arrives at the Birkenau concentration camp, he cries for the first time since the occurrence of which event?
(a) The death of his former bunkmate.
(b) The capture of his father.
(c) The death of his Uncle Moshe.
(d) The capture of his mother.

3. In Chapter 17, after Yanek verbally surrenders to death inside the gas chamber, what substance comes out of the showerhead instead of gas?
(a) Rust.
(b) Water.
(c) Steam.
(d) Milk.

4. During the long train journey Yanek experiences in Chapter 15, he wakes up to discover that what event has taken place?
(a) He can no longer feel his own feet.
(b) The cattle car has begun to fill up with water.
(c) The man standing next to him has died.
(d) The cattle car has begun to fill up with smoke.

5. Once Yanek realizes that his parents have been captured by the Nazis, his pain soon turns to "a stirring of" (61) which emotion?
(a) Self-preservation.
(b) Rage.
(c) Determination.
(d) Hatred.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many hours does Yanek remain inside the motionless cattle car while the other cars are loaded with Jewish people?

2. Into which of Yanek's limbs do the Nazis at Birkenau tattoo Yanek's prisoner number, B-3087?

3. In what country does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?

4. In the first sentence of the novel, Yanek declares that if he had known about the events to come in the next how many years, he "would have eaten more" (1) and not complained about his bedtime or chores?

5. Who is Oskar?

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