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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Uncle Moshe tells the rest of the family that Hitler had said that "The Jews" in Europe must" (2) take what action?
(a) Die.
(b) Submit.
(c) Disappear.
(d) Surrender.

2. What sort of weather is occurring during the trip Yanek and Oskar make outside past curfew in Chapter 4?
(a) Rain.
(b) Wind.
(c) Sleet.
(d) Snow.

3. Yanek states that by the time the summer of what year arrives, he is the only member of his family who remains in the Krakow ghetto?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1942.

4. What method do the Nazis use to transport Yanek and others when they are taken from the Krakow ghetto?
(a) Caravan.
(b) On foot.
(c) Truck.
(d) Train.

5. Yanek tells the reader in Chapter 6 that he would trade "a week's worth of rations" (37) for one serving of which food prepared by his mother?
(a) Hand-churned butter.
(b) Tomato soup.
(c) Freshly baked bread.
(d) Blueberry pie.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Nazis come to Krakow and empty its hospitals, what do they do with the patients?

2. Oskar bases his estimate of the war's length on his faith in which country's impending resolve to enter the war?

3. What sorts of objects does Oskar sell in his store before it is seized by Nazis?

4. The narrative of the novel starts at the beginning of what month?

5. Yanek entertains the family in Chapter 1 with the use of which object he had created himself?

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