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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) California.
(b) Peru.
(c) Panama.
(d) Canada.

2. At the end of Chapter 14, a young boy is punished in what way when he is falsely accused of trying to escape?
(a) He is not fed for one week.
(b) He is publicly hung.
(c) He is beaten.
(d) He is shot.

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) Irony.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Hyperbole.

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

5. After standing in a minyan for a fellow prisoner's bar mitzvah, Yanek tells the young man that which fact is "all that matters" (134)?
(a) The Nazis are evil incarnate.
(b) They love God.
(c) They are alive.
(d) The Allies are on their way.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 18, Yanek has a dream that which person is chasing him?

2. What numerical term does Yanek use to describe the number of people who have died during the long train trip to Birkenau?

3. Which prophet does Oskar name when pointing out the merits of Yanek's plan about the pigeon coop?

4. Across the street from Yanek's family's apartment building lies what kind of temporary institution?

5. During the two days of Deportation in Krakow, how many thousands of Jewish people are taken away by the Nazis?

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