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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Chapter 6 arrives, how old is Yanek?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

2. By the time Yanek's parents are seized by the Nazis, Yanek has been assigned a work detail in what kind of shop?
(a) A sundries shop.
(b) A butcher shop.
(c) A shoemaker shop.
(d) A tailor shop.

3. Which literary technique does Gratz use when he chooses the member of Yanek's family who will appear again at Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Irony.
(d) Metaphor.

4. When the prisoners at the Plaszow labor camp refer to Amon Goeth's "score," (71) to what are they referring?
(a) The number of Jews Amon Goeth has killed that day.
(b) The number of Jews Amon Goeth has beaten that day.
(c) The number of times Amon Goeth has been caught sleeping on duty.
(d) The number of Jewish children Amon Goeth has imprisoned that day.

5. What sound causes Yanek's mother to nearly scream and give away the family's location in the pigeon coop?
(a) Crying children.
(b) Screaming.
(c) The rattling of the rooftop door.
(d) Gunshots.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what location does Yanek flee whenever the Rosenblum girls begin to argue too loudly in Yanek's family's apartment?

2. The director of the Judenrat informs the people of Krakow that he has been ordered by the Nazis to hand over how many thousands of Jewish people the following morning?

3. Who is Amon Goeth?

4. In Chapter 4, Oskar relents and takes Yanek out past curfew to what type of location?

5. What method do the Nazis use to transport Yanek and others when they are taken from the Krakow ghetto?

(see the answer key)

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