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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Yanek helps a fellow prisoner to continue on with the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen, what body part of the prisoner's does Yanek prop up onto his own body?
(a) Elbow.
(b) Back.
(c) Head.
(d) Shoulder.

2. When Yanek makes his way to the front of the line to see Dr. Mengle at Auschwitz, how old does he claim to be?
(a) 16.
(b) 21.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

3. Yanek's first assigned task after he is moved to the Trzebinia concentration camp is to move a pile of what objects from one site to another?
(a) Firewood.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Bricks.
(d) Shoes.

4. The Sachsenhausen concentration camp's gates display the same motto as which other concentration camp in which Yanek has lived?
(a) Bergen-Belsen.
(b) Plaszow.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) Wieliczka.

5. When another train passes the train on which Yanek is riding in Chapter 15, Yanek discovers that his train is heading toward which concentration camp?
(a) Treblinka.
(b) Bergen-Belsen.
(c) Birkenau.
(d) Auschwitz.

6. As Yanek consumes snow from the cattle car's ventilation grate, he has a moment of longing for which of his late family members?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His cousin.

7. When Yanek arrives at the Birkenau concentration camp, he cries for the first time since the occurrence of which event?
(a) The capture of his mother.
(b) The death of his Uncle Moshe.
(c) The death of his former bunkmate.
(d) The capture of his father.

8. At the end of Chapter 18, Yanek has a dream that which person is chasing him?
(a) Adolf Hitler.
(b) Dr. Mengele.
(c) Uncle Moshe.
(d) Amon Goethe.

9. The "Sachsenhausen salute" involves torturing a prisoner by forcing him to remain in what type of position for hours at a time without moving?
(a) A seated position.
(b) A kneeling position.
(c) A squatting position.
(d) A standing position.

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

11. Of what type of material is the floor of Yanek's barrack at Birkenau made?
(a) Mud.
(b) Metal.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Wood.

12. What method do the Nazis use to murder Fred once he becomes ill?
(a) Shooting.
(b) Suffocation.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Drowning.

13. What is NOT something Yanek associates with his formerly safe and happy self?
(a) Science.
(b) Bicycle rides.
(c) American movies.
(d) Books.

14. When Yanek has the urge to strike the prisoner he has just helped, what does he do instead?
(a) He yells aloud.
(b) He pounds his fists on the ground.
(c) He strikes his own legs.
(d) He remains quiet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What method of transportation do Yanek and the other prisoners use to reach the Sachsenhausen concentration camp?

2. 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?

3. Whose advice is Yanek ignoring when he forms a close friendship with Fred?

4. For how many hours does Yanek remain inside the motionless cattle car while the other cars are loaded with Jewish people?

5. With what object is the man beaten to death after it is determined that his name is not really Finkelstein?

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