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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, after Yanek verbally surrenders to death inside the gas chamber, what substance comes out of the showerhead instead of gas?
(a) Steam.
(b) Milk.
(c) Rust.
(d) Water.

2. Which past tense verb do the Nazis use when threatening to take action regarding the Jewish ghetto of Krakow?
(a) Liquidated.
(b) Razed.
(c) Incinerated.
(d) Destroyed.

3. Which members of Yanek's family weep continually as they listen to the sound of shots outside the pigeon coop?
(a) His aunts.
(b) His parents.
(c) His nieces.
(d) His cousins.

4. At what age does a young Jewish man prepare to have a bar mitzvah?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

5. Yanek's visit to which location saves him from his parents' fate of being taken by the Nazis?
(a) A museum.
(b) A synagogue.
(c) His uncle's bakery.
(d) A friend's house.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the camp storehouse that holds items stolen from Jewish prisoners?

4. 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?

5. After standing in a minyan for a fellow prisoner's bar mitzvah, Yanek tells the young man that which fact is "all that matters" (134)?

(see the answer key)

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