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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 member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should come out of hiding?
(a) Sala.
(b) Yanek.
(c) Uncle Moshe.
(d) Uncle Abraham.

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

3. How old is Yanek when his parents are captured and taken away by the Nazis?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

4. When another train passes the train on which Yanek is riding in Chapter 15, Yanek discovers that his train is heading toward which concentration camp?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Treblinka.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Birkenau.

5. During the long train journey Yanek experiences in Chapter 15, he wakes up to discover that what event has taken place?
(a) The man standing next to him has died.
(b) The cattle car has begun to fill up with smoke.
(c) He can no longer feel his own feet.
(d) The cattle car has begun to fill up with water.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen, the first prisoners to die along the way according to Yanek are the prisoners without what?

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

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

4. 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)?

5. What is Yanek's first sign that Fred has contracted an illness?

(see the answer key)

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