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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the community synagogue in Yanek's neighborhood?
(a) It is taken over by Nazis.
(b) It is burned down.
(c) It is shot up.
(d) It is defaced with graffiti.

3. Which member of Yanek's family is he overjoyed to locate within the Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Uncle Abraham.
(b) Uncle Moshe.
(c) Mina.
(d) Sala.

4. The prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp who are forced to pull rocks behind them in carts are also forced to take what action at the same time?
(a) Crawl.
(b) Sing.
(c) Cry.
(d) Recite poetry.

5. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the camp storehouse that holds items stolen from Jewish prisoners?
(a) Peru.
(b) Panama.
(c) Canada.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?

2. Who is Amon Goeth?

3. For how many hours does Yanek remain inside the motionless cattle car while the other cars are loaded with Jewish people?

4. Upon arriving at the Trzebinia concentration camp, Yanek vows that he will not be killed without first taking what action?

5. What is Yanek's first sign that Fred has contracted an illness?

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