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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which literary technique does Gratz use when he chooses the member of Yanek's family who will appear again at Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Irony.

2. As Yanek and the other prisoners enter the gates of Auschwitz, they see a sign announcing that "work is" (148) what?
(a) Mandatory.
(b) Healing.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Salvation.

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

4. One day when Yanek returns to the Plaszow labor camp, he is told that which member of his family is dead?
(a) Sala.
(b) Uncle Moshe.
(c) Oskar.
(d) Mina.

5. When Yanek is placed into a queue at the beginning of Chapter 17 and he hears screams up ahead, what happens when it is his turn?
(a) He is assigned a work detail.
(b) He is whipped.
(c) He gets tattooed.
(d) He has his head shaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which members of Yanek's family weep continually as they listen to the sound of shots outside the pigeon coop?

2. What is Yanek's first sign that Fred has contracted an illness?

3. Who is Amon Goeth?

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. How many barrels for collecting human waste are allocated to 500 prisoners at Birkenau?

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