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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yanek's prisoner uniform features stripes in which two colors?
(a) Blue and gray.
(b) Gray and white.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) Black and white.

2. What type of structure becomes a home for Yanek and his family beginning in Chapter 5?
(a) A utility room.
(b) An underground bunker.
(c) A custodial closet.
(d) A pigeon coop.

3. Which past tense verb do the Nazis use when threatening to take action regarding the Jewish ghetto of Krakow?
(a) Liquidated.
(b) Razed.
(c) Incinerated.
(d) Destroyed.

4. What breed of dog is used by the Nazis in charge of the Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Pit Bull.
(b) German Shepherd.
(c) Doberman.
(d) Rottweiler.

5. How old is the protagonist when the Germans invade his community?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

6. How old is Yanek when his parents are captured and taken away by the Nazis?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

7. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should come out of hiding?
(a) Uncle Moshe.
(b) Uncle Abraham.
(c) Yanek.
(d) Sala.

8. What sort of weather is occurring during the trip Yanek and Oskar make outside past curfew in Chapter 4?
(a) Snow.
(b) Sleet.
(c) Rain.
(d) Wind.

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

10. What is the legal first name of the novel's protagonist, though he goes by the name Yanek?
(a) Jedediah.
(b) Hans.
(c) Jacques.
(d) Jakob.

11. How many times per week do the Nazis conduct Resettlements in Yanek's city, as they are described in Chapter 6?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

12. What is NOT one of Yanek's favorite topics to read books about?
(a) Medicine.
(b) America.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Exploration.

13. Once a curfew was instituted in the ghetto, by what time of night were Jewish people required to be in their homes?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

14. Which group of Yanek's family members argues with Oskar about his estimate of the war's length?
(a) Yanek's brothers.
(b) Yanek's uncles.
(c) Yanek's cousins.
(d) Yanek's grandparents.

15. When Chapter 6 arrives, how old is Yanek?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street do Yanek and his family live in an apartment at the time the narrative begins?

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

3. How many siblings does Yanek have in the narrative?

4. What object does Yanek's family use to cover the small window in the pigeon coop?

5. What is the name of Yanek's mother and Oskar's wife?

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