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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Yanek lose while providing assistance to another prisoner on the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?
(a) A key.
(b) A Star of David armband.
(c) A hunk of bread.
(d) A wooden toy.

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

3. In what year does Yanek arrive at the Sachsenhausen camp?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1943.

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

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

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

7. 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 uncle.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

8. The term "Muselmann" (96) is used by prisoners to refer to a person with what condition?
(a) Shingles.
(b) Rickets.
(c) Gout.
(d) Severe malnutrition.

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

10. In what season of the year are Yanek and the other prisoners at Auschwitz moved to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Autumn.

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

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

13. How many days are the prisoners into their journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen when Yanek begins to help a fellow prisoner keep going?
(a) 12 or 13.
(b) 9 or 10.
(c) 6 or 7.
(d) 3 or 4.

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

15. Whose advice is Yanek ignoring when he forms a close friendship with Fred?
(a) Oskar's.
(b) Mina's.
(c) Uncle Abraham's.
(d) Uncle Moshe's.

Short Answer Questions

1. The radio tower Yanek sees as he and the other prisoners approach the Sachsenhausen concentration camp is located in what city?

2. Yanek is able to obtain what item of clothing at Birkenau that he considers crucial for his survival?

3. Into which of Yanek's limbs do the Nazis at Birkenau tattoo Yanek's prisoner number, B-3087?

4. 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?

5. When Yanek reaches the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, he must sleep in a single bunk with how many other men?

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