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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Nazis make it a rule in Yanek's neighborhood in 1941 that how many families must live within each apartment?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

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

3. The protagonist goes by the name of Yanek, which is classified as what type of name?
(a) French.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) German.
(d) Polish.

4. By the end of Chapter 17, Yanek states that he has been imprisoned in concentration camps for what length of time?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 3 years.

5. How many times per week do the Nazis conduct Resettlements in Yanek's city, as they are described in Chapter 6?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man who claims to have the last name of Finkelstein turns out to have inhabited which position in the past?

2. Once a curfew was instituted in the ghetto, by what time of night were Jewish people required to be in their homes?

3. Including Yanek, how many prisoners are moved to the location that turns out to be a salt mine?

4. By the time Yanek's parents are seized by the Nazis, Yanek has been assigned a work detail in what kind of shop?

5. What is a "panzer," (7) according to Yanek?

(see the answer key)

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