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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which nationality is not named in Yanek's portrait of the prisoners who begin singing Jewish songs in many different languages?
(a) French.
(b) Czech.
(c) Italian.
(d) Belgian.

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

3. What are the two different colors of stripes on the prisoners' uniforms at Auschwitz?
(a) Blue and red.
(b) Blue and gray.
(c) Black and white.
(d) White and gray.

4. What method of transportation do Yanek and the other prisoners use to reach the Sachsenhausen concentration camp?
(a) They take a train.
(b) They take a bus.
(c) They ride bicycles.
(d) They walk.

5. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the camp storehouse that holds items stolen from Jewish prisoners?
(a) Canada.
(b) Panama.
(c) Peru.
(d) California.

6. How old had Yanek been when World War II had begun?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

7. What is the name of the salt mine in which Yanek is put to work in 1943?
(a) Merkers.
(b) Berchtesgaden.
(c) Morsleben.
(d) Wieliczka.

8. How old is Yanek when he reaches the Sachsenhausen concentration camp after being moved from Auschwitz?
(a) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

9. The man who claims to have the last name of Finkelstein turns out to have inhabited which position in the past?
(a) A Judenrat police officer.
(b) An SS guard.
(c) A kapo.
(d) A tailor.

10. 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) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

11. 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) 14.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

12. How many Jewish men are required to form a minyan?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

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

14. 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) Birkenau.
(b) Bergen-Belsen.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) Treblinka.

15. In what year does Yanek arrive at the Auschwitz concentration camp?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1941.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Yanek arrive at the Sachsenhausen camp?

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

3. Once Yanek's first dawn arrives at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Yanek sees that the camp is littered with what?

4. About how many people are imprisoned within the Auschwitz concentration camp at the time Yanek and the others are moved to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp?

5. 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)?

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