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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the younger Polish boy on the train platform who shouts at the passing train passengers that they will be transformed into a particular substance?
(a) 5 or 6.
(b) 3 or 4.
(c) 10 or 11.
(d) 12 or 13.

2. Across the street from Yanek's family's apartment building lies what kind of temporary institution?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A school.
(c) A post office.
(d) A census office.

3. What is the first boon Yanek receives as a result of finding money in Krakow?
(a) An egg.
(b) A stick of butter.
(c) An orange.
(d) Half a loaf of bread.

4. Who is Oskar?
(a) Yanek's uncle.
(b) Yanek's cousin.
(c) Yanek's grandfather.
(d) Yanek's father.

5. Yanek's visit to which location saves him from his parents' fate of being taken by the Nazis?
(a) A museum.
(b) A synagogue.
(c) His uncle's bakery.
(d) A friend's house.

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. Yanek's prisoner uniform features stripes in which two colors?

3. What type of structure becomes a home for Yanek and his family beginning in Chapter 5?

4. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should remain in hiding within the pigeon coop?

5. When Yanek is placed into a queue at the beginning of Chapter 17 and he hears screams up ahead, what happens when it is his turn?

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