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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though Yanek knows that he is still a young man when he arrives at Auschwitz, he declares that he appears to be a man of what age?
(a) 80.
(b) 50.
(c) 60.
(d) 40.

2. What does the German word "schnell" (64) mean when translated into English?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Evil.
(d) Beautiful.

3. The night after the man claiming to have the surname of Finkelstein dies, Yanek dreams that statues made of what substance come to life?
(a) Salt.
(b) Copper.
(c) Ice.
(d) Iron.

4. How many barrels for collecting human waste are allocated to 500 prisoners at Birkenau?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 24.

5. At the start of Chapter 19, Yanek states that when he gets to Auschwitz, he is how old?
(a) 9 or 10.
(b) 12 or 13.
(c) 17 or 18.
(d) 15 or 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen, the first prisoners to die along the way according to Yanek are the prisoners without what?

2. When Yanek has the urge to strike the prisoner he has just helped, what does he do instead?

3. What two terms do the prisoners at Buchenwald use to refer to Commandant Koch's wife?

4. The "Sachsenhausen salute" involves torturing a prisoner by forcing him to remain in what type of position for hours at a time without moving?

5. Who is the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp during Yanek's imprisonment there?

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