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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 narrative of the novel starts at the beginning of what month?
(a) November.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) December.

2. Yanek is able to obtain what item of clothing at Birkenau that he considers crucial for his survival?
(a) A coat.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A pair of shoes.
(d) A hat.

3. Which prophet does Oskar name when pointing out the merits of Yanek's plan about the pigeon coop?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Ezekiel.
(d) Isaiah.

4. Who is Amon Goeth?
(a) The Nazi Party Secretary.
(b) An executioner.
(c) A member of the SS.
(d) The commandant of the labor camp.

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)?
(a) The Allies are on their way.
(b) They are alive.
(c) The Nazis are evil incarnate.
(d) They love God.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What method do the Nazis use to transport Yanek and others when they are taken from the Krakow ghetto?

4. What advice does Yanek's family member at Plaszow repeat to him over and over?

5. Oskar tells the rest of the family that the war that would come to be called World War II would last how long?

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