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

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) His family's former apartment building.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A school.
(d) An art museum.

2. What breed of dog is used by the Nazis in charge of the Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Pit Bull.
(b) German Shepherd.
(c) Rottweiler.
(d) Doberman.

3. How many members of Yanek's family are living within the rooftop pigeon coop at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

4. One evening, the Nazis announce that if all Jewish people do not go home by what time of night, they will be shot once they are found?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

5. For how many hours does Yanek remain inside the motionless cattle car while the other cars are loaded with Jewish people?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which past tense verb do the Nazis use when threatening to take action regarding the Jewish ghetto of Krakow?

2. How old is the younger Polish boy on the train platform who shouts at the passing train passengers that they will be transformed into a particular substance?

3. As Yanek consumes snow from the cattle car's ventilation grate, he has a moment of longing for which of his late family members?

4. Which group of Yanek's family members argues with Oskar about his estimate of the war's length?

5. What is NOT a smell Yanek detects when he is placed into a cattle car at the beginning of Chapter 15?

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