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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, what action does Yanek take for the first time?
(a) He curses.
(b) He doubts his uncle's word.
(c) He doubts his father's word.
(d) He lies.

2. What happens to the man who runs into the street in an attempt to save the synagogue from damage in Chapter 2?
(a) He is unable to scrub the graffiti from its walls.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is unable to put out the flames.
(d) He is unable to keep the flood at bay.

3. By the end of Chapter 17, Yanek states that he has been imprisoned in concentration camps for what length of time?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

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

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 are alive.
(c) The Allies are on their way.
(d) They love God.

Short Answer Questions

1. The young Polish boy in Chapter 15 shouts at the passing train passengers that they will soon be turned into what substance?

2. Which member of Yanek's family is he overjoyed to locate within the Plaszow labor camp?

3. Including Yanek, how many prisoners are moved to the location that turns out to be a salt mine?

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

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

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