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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yanek recalls being told by an SS guard upon his entry into Auschwitz that the only way to get out of the camp involved which object?
(a) A miracle.
(b) A noose.
(c) A bullet.
(d) A chimney.

2. What is the name of Yanek's mother and Oskar's wife?
(a) Mina.
(b) Martha.
(c) Sala.
(d) Lena.

3. How many siblings does Yanek have in the narrative?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

4. How much money does Yanek find during his work detail in the abandoned ghetto of Krakow?
(a) 500 zloty.
(b) 5,000 zloty.
(c) 3,000 zloty.
(d) 2,000 zloty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times per week do the Nazis conduct Resettlements in Yanek's city, as they are described in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 17, after Yanek verbally surrenders to death inside the gas chamber, what substance comes out of the showerhead instead of gas?

3. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the camp storehouse that holds items stolen from Jewish prisoners?

4. Which building in the now-abandoned ghetto of Krakow is Yanek assigned to clean after being taken there to work?

5. What food item do the Nazis provide to each prisoner that they say must last for the entirety of the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?

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