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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Tomato soup.
(b) Hand-churned butter.
(c) Freshly baked bread.
(d) Blueberry pie.

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

3. On what street do Yanek and his family live in an apartment at the time the narrative begins?
(a) Jagiellonska Street.
(b) Grodzka Street.
(c) Florianska Street.
(d) Krakusa Street.

4. What is the legal first name of the novel's protagonist, though he goes by the name Yanek?
(a) Hans.
(b) Jacques.
(c) Jedediah.
(d) Jakob.

5. In what country does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Poland.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Nazis make it a rule in Yanek's neighborhood in 1941 that how many families must live within each apartment?

2. Which member of Yanek's family owns a bakery?

3. Which literary technique does Gratz use when he chooses the member of Yanek's family who will appear again at Plaszow labor camp?

4. When the prisoners at the Plaszow labor camp refer to Amon Goeth's "score," (71) to what are they referring?

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

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