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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yanek states that anyone caught trying to escape from the ghetto received what punishment?
(a) They were taken to a death camp.
(b) They were hung.
(c) They were shot on sight.
(d) They were taken to a work camp.

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

3. The Nazis guarding Yanek and the others with him as they are removed from the Krakow ghetto are armed with which kind of weapons?
(a) Bayonets.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Pistols.
(d) Machetes.

4. Which building in the now-abandoned ghetto of Krakow is Yanek assigned to clean after being taken there to work?
(a) A hospital.
(b) His family's former apartment building.
(c) A school.
(d) An art museum.

5. What advice does Yanek's family member at Plaszow repeat to him over and over?
(a) Do nothing to stand out.
(b) Start planning an escape.
(c) Be as helpful and kind as possible.
(d) Do not make eye contact with other Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oskar tells the rest of the family that the war that would come to be called World War II would last how long?

2. What sorts of objects does Oskar sell in his store before it is seized by Nazis?

3. Oskar bases his estimate of the war's length on his faith in which country's impending resolve to enter the war?

4. What object does Yanek's family use to cover the small window in the pigeon coop?

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

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