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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what type of material is the floor of Yanek's barrack at Birkenau made?
(a) Mud.
(b) Metal.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Wood.

2. How many Jewish men are required to form a minyan?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

3. Yanek spends which years inside the Plaszow concentration camp?
(a) 1944-1945.
(b) 1942-1943.
(c) 1940-1941.
(d) 1941-1945.

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

5. What numerical term does Yanek use to describe the number of people who have died during the long train trip to Birkenau?
(a) Scores.
(b) Several dozen.
(c) One dozen.
(d) Hundreds.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yanek makes his way to the front of the line to see Dr. Mengle at Auschwitz, how old does he claim to be?

2. Which member of Yanek's family is NOT captured by the Nazis while waiting in line to buy bread?

3. Whose advice is Yanek ignoring when he forms a close friendship with Fred?

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

5. By the end of Chapter 17, Yanek states that he has been imprisoned in concentration camps for what length of time?

(see the answer key)

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