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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) A shoemaker shop.
(b) A tailor shop.
(c) A sundries shop.
(d) A butcher shop.

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) Snow.
(d) Sleet.

3. Which literary technique does Gratz use when he chooses the member of Yanek's family who will appear again at Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Irony.

4. How many siblings does Yanek have in the narrative?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

5. When the prisoners at the Plaszow labor camp refer to Amon Goeth's "score," (71) to what are they referring?
(a) The number of Jewish children Amon Goeth has imprisoned that day.
(b) The number of times Amon Goeth has been caught sleeping on duty.
(c) The number of Jews Amon Goeth has killed that day.
(d) The number of Jews Amon Goeth has beaten that day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yanek states that "Amon Goeth wouldn't have" which meal "each day until he'd killed at least one Jew" (72)?

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 is the name of Yanek's mother and Oskar's wife?

4. Once Yanek realizes that his parents have been captured by the Nazis, his pain soon turns to "a stirring of" (61) which emotion?

5. What does the German word "schnell" (64) mean when translated into English?

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