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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 building in the now-abandoned ghetto of Krakow is Yanek assigned to clean after being taken there to work?
(a) A hospital.
(b) An art museum.
(c) A school.
(d) His family's former apartment building.

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

3. How much money does Yanek find during his work detail in the abandoned ghetto of Krakow?
(a) 500 zloty.
(b) 2,000 zloty.
(c) 5,000 zloty.
(d) 3,000 zloty.

4. Yanek's visit to which location saves him from his parents' fate of being taken by the Nazis?
(a) A museum.
(b) A synagogue.
(c) His uncle's bakery.
(d) A friend's house.

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

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. Across the street from Yanek's family's apartment building lies what kind of temporary institution?

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

4. How many members of Yanek's family are living within the rooftop pigeon coop at the start of Chapter 7?

5. Yanek finds within his bunk at Birkenau a small toy resembling what creature?

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