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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What location does every prisoner at Auschwitz do their best to avoid?
(a) The latrines.
(b) The camp kitchens.
(c) The rock quarry.
(d) The camp clinic.

3. Who is Amon Goeth?
(a) The Nazi Party Secretary.
(b) A member of the SS.
(c) The commandant of the labor camp.
(d) An executioner.

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

5. At the end of Chapter 19, Yanek thinks he may be losing his mind when he hears the sound of what?
(a) His mother's voice.
(b) Singing.
(c) Ocean waves.
(d) Bombing.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the long train journey Yanek experiences in Chapter 15, he wakes up to discover that what event has taken place?

2. What is Yanek's first sign that his parents may have been captured by the Nazis?

3. 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?

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

5. What are the two different colors of stripes on the prisoners' uniforms at Auschwitz?

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