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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Into which of Yanek's limbs do the Nazis at Birkenau tattoo Yanek's prisoner number, B-3087?
(a) His right arm.
(b) His left calf.
(c) The back of his neck.
(d) His left arm.

3. For how many hours does Yanek remain inside the motionless cattle car while the other cars are loaded with Jewish people?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 24.

4. Who is Amon Goeth?
(a) A member of the SS.
(b) An executioner.
(c) The Nazi Party Secretary.
(d) The commandant of the labor camp.

5. When new prisoners are brought to Auschwitz in Chapter 19, a long-time prisoner whispers to them that any children among them should claim to be what age?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Yanek states that "Amon Goeth wouldn't have" which meal "each day until he'd killed at least one Jew" (72)?

3. Who is Oskar?

4. Yanek tells the reader in Chapter 6 that he would trade "a week's worth of rations" (37) for one serving of which food prepared by his mother?

5. Yanek states that by the time the summer of what year arrives, he is the only member of his family who remains in the Krakow ghetto?

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