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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 action does Yanek take as he eats Fred's bread on the evening immediately following Fred's murder?
(a) He says a kaddish.
(b) He closes his eyes.
(c) He folds his hands.
(d) He whispers quietly to Fred's spirit.

2. What is the name of Yanek's mother and Oskar's wife?
(a) Sala.
(b) Martha.
(c) Lena.
(d) Mina.

3. About how many people are imprisoned within the Auschwitz concentration camp at the time Yanek and the others are moved to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 3,000.

4. How much money does Yanek find during his work detail in the abandoned ghetto of Krakow?
(a) 2,000 zloty.
(b) 500 zloty.
(c) 3,000 zloty.
(d) 5,000 zloty.

5. For how many days has Yanek gone without food before he asks a former acquaintance for some bread?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to the man who runs into the street in an attempt to save the synagogue from damage in Chapter 2?

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. Yanek is punished with a whipping for the transgression of losing what object?

5. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should remain in hiding within the pigeon coop?

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