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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. 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.
2. What method do the Nazis use to murder Fred once he becomes ill?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Suffocation.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Shooting.
3. How old is Yanek when he reaches the Sachsenhausen concentration camp after being moved from Auschwitz?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.
4. What is NOT something Yanek associates with his formerly safe and happy self?
(a) American movies.
(b) Science.
(c) Bicycle rides.
(d) Books.
5. What location does every prisoner at Auschwitz do their best to avoid?
(a) The camp kitchens.
(b) The latrines.
(c) The camp clinic.
(d) The rock quarry.
Short Answer Questions
1. What substance is found to have been placed within the wounds of the man claiming to have the last name of Finkelstein?
2. The night after the man claiming to have the surname of Finkelstein dies, Yanek dreams that statues made of what substance come to life?
3. At the start of Chapter 18, Yanek vows to take which action every single morning from that point forward?
4. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the camp storehouse that holds items stolen from Jewish prisoners?
5. What action does Yanek take as he eats Fred's bread on the evening immediately following Fred's murder?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Fred when he is unable to work?
2. Which qualities of new prisoners help Yanek to qualify certain individuals as such?
3. For what reason does Fred become unable to work?
4. To what location is Yanek sent after he is removed from the Plaszow concentration camp?
5. What morning routine does Yanek develop during his time imprisoned in Birkenau and why does he consider the routine important?
6. Whose advice must Yanek ignore in order to make friends with Fred?
7. What ominous warning does an SS guard give to Yanek as he enters Auschwitz?
8. Discuss an instance when Gratz uses a literary device to indicate the preciousness of food.
9. How does the theme of collectivism arise within Yanek's arrival at Auschwitz?
10. What scent does Yanek detect in the air when he is brought to the Birkenau death camp?
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