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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Yanek's first sign that his parents may have been captured by the Nazis?
(a) Uncle Abraham says he had seen them being led away.
(b) He believes he sees them being led away.
(c) He returns to the pigeon coop to find them missing.
(d) He finds a note they had left for him.

2. What numerical term does Yanek use to describe the number of people who have died during the long train trip to Birkenau?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Several dozen.
(c) Scores.
(d) One dozen.

3. When Yanek arrives at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Chapter 24, it is his seventh concentration camp in "less than" how many "years" (196)?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. Yanek is able to obtain what item of clothing at Birkenau that he considers crucial for his survival?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) A hat.
(d) A coat.

5. For what length of time is Yanek imprisoned at the Birkenau concentration camp before being moved to Auschwitz?
(a) A few months.
(b) Several years.
(c) Less than six months.
(d) A year and a half.

Short Answer Questions

1. Uncle Moshe tells the rest of the family that Hitler had said that "The Jews" in Europe must" (2) take what action?

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

3. Which member of Yanek's family is NOT captured by the Nazis while waiting in line to buy bread?

4. What item does Yanek lose while providing assistance to another prisoner on the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?

5. At the end of Chapter 19, Yanek thinks he may be losing his mind when he hears the sound of what?

(see the answer key)

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