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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The "Sachsenhausen salute" involves torturing a prisoner by forcing him to remain in what type of position for hours at a time without moving?
(a) A squatting position.
(b) A seated position.
(c) A kneeling position.
(d) A standing position.

2. When the prisoners at the Plaszow labor camp refer to Amon Goeth's "score," (71) to what are they referring?
(a) The number of Jewish children Amon Goeth has imprisoned that day.
(b) The number of times Amon Goeth has been caught sleeping on duty.
(c) The number of Jews Amon Goeth has killed that day.
(d) The number of Jews Amon Goeth has beaten that day.

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

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

5. The Sachsenhausen concentration camp's gates display the same motto as which other concentration camp in which Yanek has lived?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Bergen-Belsen.
(c) Plaszow.
(d) Wieliczka.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yanek arrives at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Chapter 24, it is his seventh concentration camp in "less than" how many "years" (196)?

2. Once Yanek realizes that his parents have been captured by the Nazis, his pain soon turns to "a stirring of" (61) which emotion?

3. What action does Yanek take as he eats Fred's bread on the evening immediately following Fred's murder?

4. Which nationality is not named in Yanek's portrait of the prisoners who begin singing Jewish songs in many different languages?

5. For what length of time is Yanek imprisoned at the Birkenau concentration camp before being moved to Auschwitz?

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