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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which building in the now-abandoned ghetto of Krakow is Yanek assigned to clean after being taken there to work?
(a) His family's former apartment building.
(b) An art museum.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A school.

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

3. Oskar tells the rest of the family that the war that would come to be called World War II would last how long?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 10 years.

4. When the Nazis come to Krakow and empty its hospitals, what do they do with the patients?
(a) They shoot them in the street.
(b) They send them back to their families.
(c) They send them to concentration camps.
(d) They move them to a different hospital.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One day when Yanek returns to the Plaszow labor camp, he is told that which member of his family is dead?

2. What does the German word "schnell" (64) mean when translated into English?

3. What is the legal first name of the novel's protagonist, though he goes by the name Yanek?

4. What happens to the man who runs into the street in an attempt to save the synagogue from damage in Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 4, Oskar relents and takes Yanek out past curfew to what type of location?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who witnesses the capture of Yanek's parents?

2. Which of Yanek's family members teaches him about the importance of remaining invisible?

3. What is Uncle Moshe's ultimate fate and how does Yanek discover it?

4. What message about the fear of the unknown is depicted within the novel and in what scene does the theme appear?

5. How does Gratz employ foreshadowing in association with Mina's wedding ring?

6. How does the theme of determination emerge within Yanek's journey?

7. Describe an instance when Gratz makes it clear that adaptability is a crucial skill for any Jewish person living in Nazi-occupied parts of Europe.

8. Who is Amon Goeth?

9. How does Yanek contrast his own reaction to the closing of his school with the reactions of his peers?

10. For what purpose is the bakery belonging to Aun Fela and Uncle Abraham secretly and altruistically used?

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