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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What method do the Nazis use to transport Yanek and others when they are taken from the Krakow ghetto?
(a) On foot.
(b) Train.
(c) Truck.
(d) Caravan.

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?
(a) He wears eyeglasses.
(b) He has sunken and bloodshot eyes.
(c) He has a grizzled beard.
(d) He has deep cracks in his face.

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

4. The night after the man claiming to have the surname of Finkelstein dies, Yanek dreams that statues made of what substance come to life?
(a) Iron.
(b) Salt.
(c) Copper.
(d) Ice.

5. How old had Yanek been when World War II had begun?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What breed of dog is used by the Nazis in charge of the Plaszow labor camp?

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

3. Yanek's visit to which location saves him from his parents' fate of being taken by the Nazis?

4. When Yanek helps a fellow prisoner to continue on with the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen, what body part of the prisoner's does Yanek prop up onto his own body?

5. For what reason is Yanek's family unable to warm themselves while living in the rooftop pigeon coop?

(see the answer key)

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