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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Yanek consumes snow from the cattle car's ventilation grate, he has a moment of longing for which of his late family members?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His father.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His mother.

2. At the end of Chapter 18, Yanek has a dream that which person is chasing him?
(a) Uncle Moshe.
(b) Adolf Hitler.
(c) Dr. Mengele.
(d) Amon Goethe.

3. Once Yanek finds out where his train is headed in Chapter 15, a man nearby gives Yanek advice about what topic?
(a) Religion.
(b) The gas chambers.
(c) Grief.
(d) Murder.

4. The radio tower Yanek sees as he and the other prisoners approach the Sachsenhausen concentration camp is located in what city?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Paris.
(c) Brussels.
(d) Berlin.

5. When Yanek reaches the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, he must sleep in a single bunk with how many other men?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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. What is NOT a physical characteristic of the prisoner who steps in to help Yanek support the weight of his fellow prisoner on the trip from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?

3. The Nazis guarding Yanek and the others with him as they are removed from the Krakow ghetto are armed with which kind of weapons?

4. As Yanek and the other prisoners enter the gates of Auschwitz, they see a sign announcing that "work is" (148) what?

5. When the prisoners at the Plaszow labor camp refer to Amon Goeth's "score," (71) to what are they referring?

(see the answer key)

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